ABOUT...

Crime fiction / Poetry / Astrology books / Music

I have been interested in astrology ever since I was about nine, when I listened to some grownups talking about star signs and it was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. I didn't really understand it, but just
the names of the signs sounded so wise and familiar somehow, and completely transported me. Distant memories, perhaps... who knows?

It wasn't until many years later that I studied astrology seriously at a local authority evening class in Camden (thanks Emily!), but from that time onwards I have had an affinity with the subject. I even covered some astrology from an academic perspective as part of my University degree programme. While hardly anyone ever sets out to be an astrologer, even at that time (1993) the idea was in the back of my mind that it would play a larger part in my world eventually.

Professionally, a small but important break was when I began editing the Astrological Association's newsletter Transit in 1998, and I am now a full-time writer and speaker. I have since edited the main Astrological Association Journal and also the Astrology Quarterly, the two heavyweight magazines of British astrology.

I am based in London, in Kentish Town, where I write my columns and spend most of my time. We are pretty well served for astrology in the UK generally, and London in particular, which I suppose would be easy to take for granted. But when you have groups of the quality of the Company of Astrologers, Liz Greene's Centre for Psychological Astrology and The Astrological Lodge of London, the oldest astrology group in the Western World all on the doorstep, there is a lot to be thankful for.

I give occasional readings, which can be very rewarding, especially when people say the astrology has really helped, but writing commitments
leave less and less time for private clients. I aim to give more lectures and workshops in the coming year, so please look out for details here at Astroboogieland.

Away from astrology, I am also a musician: writing, recording and playing guitar. My new band is coming together as I write (early 2005) and
I should soon be out performing a little more. Listen out for some sound clips in the coming months.