I'm an award-winning, multi-genre novelist and short story writer. Check below for more on where you can see me participate in panels, speak and teach. If you'd like to invite me to a book festival or convention, please see the Availability section.
Upcoming events
I'll be appearing at Bloody Scotland in Stirling in September in 2026, on the Rogue Agents panel with Paul Warner and CJ Merritt.
I'll be appearing at the Braemar Literary Festival on Friday 25th September at 5pm.
- I'll be appearing at the London St Andrew's Book Festival 2026 on 21st November 2026.
- I'll be attending Granite Noir 2027 in February 2027.
There are more events to come - I'll update this page with details when new events are announced and go on sale.
Availability
I am available for most public and private book and writing-related events, including:
- Book festival panels
- Book festival interviews
- In-store events
- In-person and virtual book club visits
- Guest lecturing and speaking
If you're a festival organiser or programmer who'd like me to appear at your event, please get in touch with the appropriate publisher.
- For my espionage fiction, please contact Headline Books. My editor at Headline is Toby Jones and my publicist is Joe Thomas.
- For my science fiction, please contact Solaris Books (now part of Profile Books). My editor is Amanda Raybould and the PR/marketing manager is Jess Gofton.
For other events (bookstore signings, book clubs, Live Literature etc) you can contact me directly.
You can also check out my profile on the Scottish Book Trust Live Literature database.
Recent events
Here's a list of what I've done recently:
- I chaired an event at Fringe By The Sea with Doug Johnstone in August 2026, to celebrate his twentieth published novel.
- I appeared at Waterstones Kirkcaldy to talk about SOLITARY AGENTS on Friday 3rd July 2026.
- I appeared on the Secrets and Shadows: The Many Faces of Espionage panel at Capital Crime in London on Friday 19th June 2026.
- I chaired a headline, sold-out event with Adrian Tchaikovsky, Fonda Lee and Claire North at Cymera Festival in Edinburgh on June 6th 2026.
- I launched my second novel, SOLITARY AGENTS, on Thursday June 4th 2026, at Waterstones Edinburgh West End (after also appearing at the Bloody Scotland programme launch earlier in the day).
- I appeared at Edinburgh Sparks for a Q&A in April 2026.
- I appeared at Stockport Noir 2026 on the Psychology vs Action panel.
- I appeared along with the other debuts from the Bloody Scotland shortlist at Waterstones Edinburgh West End for a debut panel, with Susie Green of the In My Good Books podcast chairing on Wednesday 26th November.
- I appeared on a panel at Ibrox Library as part of Book Week Scotland, along with Neil Broadfoot, Andrew Raymond and Natalie Jayne Clark as chair in November 2025.
- I appeared at Denny Library for their Book Blether mini-festival alongside Kate Foster and Marion Todd in November 2025.
- I appeared at the Edinburgh Writer's Club for a Q&A in early November 2025.
- I chaired a discussion with Gareth Brown about his new book THE SOCIETY OF UNKNOWABLE OBJECTS at Waterstones West End, Edinburgh, in October 2025.
- I attended Bloody Scotland 2025 in Stirling where I won the Debut Prize and appeared as a panelist.
- I appeared at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in July 2025 as a nominee for the McDermid Debut Award, which I was lucky enough to win!
- I spoke to Iain MacGregor about his book THE HIROSHIMA MEN with Night Owl Books at the Harbour Chapel in Dunbar on 2nd July 2025.
- I appeared at Capital Crime 2025 in London on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th of June, where I was on a debut panel with Remi Kone and S.M. Govett, chaired by Brian McGilloway.
- I attended the Bloody Scotland 2025 programme launch as a Debut Prize shortlistee. News story here.
- I spoke to Chris Whitaker about his novel ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK at Waterstones Edinburgh in April 2025.
- I gave a talk to the students at Arcadia Abroad, a study-abroad program at the University of Edinburgh. You can read the accompanying blog post and watch the talk here.
- I appeared at Waterstones Braehead in Glasgow for their 2024 Christmas Shopping Event.
- I was a 'Crime in the Spotlight' reader as part of Bloody Scotland 2024.
- I had a sold-out launch event at Blackwell's in Edinburgh for my debut novel, A RELUCTANT SPY.
- I have done school visits with the sixth year English students at Earlston High School in 2024 and 2025.
- I was part of a sold-out nine-author book launch at WorldCon 2024.
- I ran a workshop with Nicholas Binge on Critique and Community at WorldCon 2024.
- I ran a workship with Nicholas Binge on Critique and Community at Cymera Festival 2024.
- I have guest-lectured for the past three years at Napier University on the Creative Writing MA, talking about short fiction and critiques.