About Me

. . . some of the time! I have twelve psychological novels as Margaret Murphy, published to wide acclaim across the US, UK and Europe; the Clara Pascal books, Darkness Falls and Weaving Shadows received ‘starred’ reviews from both Publishers’ Weekly and Booklist in the USA. Both titles have recently been re-released by Joffe Books.

I’ve written a trilogy of forensic thrillers under the pseudonym A.D. Garrett, the first of which was awarded a coveted Publishers’ News ‘starred’ review. Jeffery Deaver describes the Fennimore & Simms series as ‘Complex, compelling, and just plain marvellous.’

In 2018-19, I completed two serial killer novels, Splinter In The Blood and The Cutting Room, published under the pen name Ashley Dyer.  Once again, Splinter In The Blood garnered a ‘starred’ review from Publishers Weekly in the US. The books are available in all formats.

September 2023 saw the release of Dead Man Walking, a London-based thriller. Published by HQ Digital, it has been optioned for TV. Blood Debt, the second book in the series, is available in e-format on Amazon and other outlets, as well as in paperback and audio.

I’ve been a published writer for 28 years. Before that, I taught Biology, later changing my specialism to dyslexia, and when my first novel was published I was running a dyslexia unit in a school on the Wirral peninsula. I’ve also been a countryside ranger-interpreter, lecturer and Visiting Professor in creative writing. From 2008-2017, I was RLF Writing Fellow at universities across the north west of England. I’m a life-long supporter of the World Wide Fund for Nature and a passionate environmentalist.

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