This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.

I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.

I was born in the seventies, age of bad haircuts and grainy colour photos.

I have a bit of a struggle with some aspects of or forms of Buddhism, but Zen I find to be mainly congenial.

I associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world.

It would be hard to say that exactly, but antinatalism is a reality in my life, not just an interesting idea. I can feel it in the chilled and weary marrow of my bones.

I would say that, apart from being a writer, I have also always been very conscious of the idea of a 'world elsewhere'.