He spent the first half of his life in North Yorkshire before moving to South Wales to study chemistry at Swansea University. He has lived in South Wales ever since, apart from a 5-year sojourn Stateside and two years in London. He has been writing poetry since his late teens. His debut pamphlet, Dressing Up, will be published by Cinnamon Press in 2017. He has other recent poems and articles in magazines and publications by Corncrake, Fair Acre Press, Poetry Wales and Rockland. He currently lives in Abergavenny.