About Simone

These bits can tend to be either ‘braggy’, boring or a mixture of both. So I’ll try to keep it short, as befits someone of my stature. 

I am a Welsh-born writer. I studied English with American Studies at Sussex University, qualified both as a teacher of Speech and Drama and of EFL and taught privately, and at secondary and further education levels. Teaching has formed just a small percentage of my working life. I’ve run several businesses jointly with my husband, particularly enjoying selling, thinking on the hoof and customer interaction.

I left Pembrokeshire for Berkshire in childhood. Other moves included Bristol, Bath, London and Brighton. I returned to Wales with my family in 2007 to set up a rural eco wedding venue on a small organic farm. I write poetry, prose and children’s fiction. I’ve been published widely in anthologies, in ezines, in magazines and on websites: have read in Wales, England and Ireland, and on the radio. Commissions have been filmed for ITV and I’ve written special pieces for a local theatre group and an art gallery. I regularly perform my work…which has been described as acutely observed, funny, serious and sad – easy reading with a steely core.

7 things you may not know about me:-

1.  I was born in a small guest-house in Upper Frog Street, Tenby.
2. I am proudly Welsh, British and European. I wish my new passport was red, not black.
3. I admire wit and am passionate about etymology.
4. I believe in freedom of speech and fairness.
5. I hate cliques, cabals, cronyism and corruption.
6. I am vegan (with a small ‘V’), love animals and am very concerned about the environment.
7.  50 poems of mine were translated into Romanian in 2019/2020.