Her first novel, Leaving the Light On (1992), won the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award; her other works include the novels Fatal Observations (1993) and State of Desire (1996); the short-story collections Silly Mothers (1991), shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year, and Getting a Life (2001); and the edited collection Laughing, Not Laughing: Women Writing on 'My Experience of Sex (2004), which won an Erotic Award. Born in London, she has lived in Wales since 1973, and is often considered to be a Welsh author.
Her debut novel, Leaving the Light On (1992), received the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award; her other works include novels Fatal Observations (1993) and State of Desire (1996); short-story collections Silly Mothers (1991), which was nominated for the Wales Book of the Year, and Getting a Life (2001); and edited collection Laughing, Not Laughing: Women Writing on 'My Experience of Sex (2004), which won an Erotic Award. Born in London, she has lived in Wales since 1973, and is commonly considered to be a Welsh author.