I’m an author living between London and Berlin.

I worked for seven years in London as a journalist. My work appeared in such national and significant papers as the Guardian and the Daily Mail. After getting my start in science journalism, I moved into covering business affairs, technology, and my own industry, in the British Review of Journalism.

A year ago, I decided a change in occupation was important to me. To that end, I have been working on a series of children’s stories, both picture books for younger readers and longer prosaic works.

A few attempts later, and I started work on the story of Lucy and Jasper.

It’s a tale of two people. One, an eleven-year-old girl, the other, a man in his thirties. Both of them are unknowingly on journeys of self-discovery and transformation, as well as accepting the challenges that come with deeper relationships; a ravaging tempest; scornful authority figures, and lots of magick.

The story of Lucy is not just the story of the central relationship between Lucy and her mentor. It is also the story of a young girl growing up as part of an oppressed minority and diaspora.

This tension was important to me and integral to the action of the story: if the witches aren’t able to quell the storm, the revenge from humankind could lead to another disaster for their communities.

As a member of the Jewish diaspora, scattered during the early twentieth century, telling this story felt like an important way of recording (in a particular manner) a history of my family thus far untold.