Author Bio

My fascination with history and archaeology started out as a hobby, volunteering on digs over the summer, taking a few evening classes .. then everything got horribly out of control! Before I knew it, I was studying early Anglo-Saxon weapon fittings in museum basements and contributing specialist reports to the publication of a number of Anglo-Saxon cemeteries.

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I have an MA in Medieval Studies from the University of York and a Diploma in Medieval History from Birkbeck College, University College London. My academic research included studies of an early Anglo-Saxon women's monastic community at Minster-in-Thanet and a study of early Anglo-Saxon shield burial in East Kent. 

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I have worked as a finds specialist for English Heritage, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Museum of London Archaeology Service, Colchester Archaeological Trust and Channel Tunnel Rail Link. ​I have also volunteered  on excavations at Roman and post-medieval sites, in the conservation lab at Colchester Castle Museum and doing educational outreach with my local museum in Essex. 

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Nowadays, I live quietly at home with my husband, teenage son and an overly-dramatic golden retriever, enjoying my garden and the opportunity to write lots and lots of books.