about me

“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You can never quite tell where they’ll take you.” Miss Potter.

Although I have spent the majority of my 31 years in the Arabian Desert, I grew up on fantasy adventures, and stories in which fairies and goblins dwell at the bottom of the garden. I am eternally grateful to my parents for introducing me to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in particular. The name Lorien is taken from J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic story and one of its reported meanings is ‘Dream Land’, which is quite apt, seeing as I tend to live with my head in the clouds!

I set out as an independent copywriter several years ago, and write brochures, web copy, commercial film scripts, press material and just about anything and everything I can get my hands on. My hobbies include working on my children’s stories, which are inspired by the antics and adventures of my siblings when they were much younger, a coffee table book based on local Arab culture, and the first in a series of fantasy novels aimed at young adults.

If you'd like me to read your work, please just ask, and I'll do my best to give constructive, honest feedback. I would very much appreciate the same, regarding my book, in return. (As soon as I upload it that is. Which might help.) Thanks so much.

favourite books

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon; entire Robin Hobb and Roald Dahl repertoire; Sabriel, Lirael, The Abhorsen - Garth Nix; The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger; Lord of the Flies - WIlliam Golding; Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck; Green River Rising - Tim Willocks; The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova; Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass - Phillip Pullman; Written on the Body - Jeanette Winterson; The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling; The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien...and on and on into the night...

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