In 1996 I founded the theatre company “Attention Seekers”, specializing in corporate and event entertainment. I started designing costume characters, writing short scripts and creating performances, mostly comedy. Characters would perform these short sketches as they circulate around an event. We worked at a wide range of events in the UK and abroad. I learned more skills along the way, stilt walking and balloon modeling. I was also teaching children's drama and developing performances with 8-12 years olds in school clubs, for L'Ouverture Trust LTD, Goldsmiths Collage and for Rise Phoenix.

Around 2002 I felt as if I needed to explore and widen my creative horizons. I started working in children's television, working for Nickelodeon for several years as a production assistant on the live-action program “The Crunch”. I then went freelance and started writing my own material. I felt that my characters needed somewhere to belong. At the same time I started researching the world of picture books and children’s books with my friend and illustrator, Sandy Thornton. One of the great skills that I learned during my golden days of corporate entertainment was balloon modelling. Working as a balloon modeller I started exploring the many possibilities to which balloons could lend themselves, eventually creating the TV show Ballooniville with my husband, David Crofts. Ballooniville consisted of 26 episodes and was broadcast from 2012. It was an educational and live action series mixing arts and crafts and unique balloon animation. Writing and creating characters is my passion. There is nothing I like more than a good strong cup off coffee and tapping away on my laptop.

Member of The Society of Authors and Equity.