'Behind every impossible achievement is a dreamer of impossible dreams'           

                                                 Robert Greenleaf

CURRENTLY: Living in Los Angeles after moving from London in 2008.

HAILS FROM: Born Stoke-on-Trent but raised in rural village of Addingham, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, northern England. Otherwise known as Charlotte Bronte country.

BACKGROUND: Fifteen years in print journalism at both regional and national level, working in both Yorkshire and London covering real-life, real-crime, real human interest stories; a career rooted in traditional journalism, covering northern England.   

AS A 'GHOST': Established as a 'ghost-writer' since 2003, commissioned by publishing houses Penguin, Harper Collins, Headline and Macmillan. A ghost's task is to get under the skin of a subject, be inside their mind and look through their eyes; capturing their authentic voice to tell their life-story or memoir.

AS AN AUTHOR: Released first book under own name with Britney biography in 2009

OTHER WORK: Have previously acted as a media advisor, publicist and book consultant. Appeared as occasional contributor to ABC News Now's 'World View' segment and, more recently, Fox News Channel's 'Livedesk' and featured in numerous royal documentaries.

BEST-SELLING TITLES: A Royal Duty (No1 NY Times & Sunday Times) Remembering Diana: The Way We Were (Top 10 Sunday Times) Britney: Inside the Dream (Top 20 Sunday Times).

HONOURS: A Royal Duty - nominated for British Book of the Year at the Nibbies 2003, and the WH Smith Book of the Year 2003. United We Fall - nominated for the Glasgow Herald Sports Book of the Year 2007.