I have been a professional playwright for more than thirty years. I am also a published novelist, poet and journalist.
My stage plays have been very widely performed. I have had a number of 70 and 90 minute plays, as well as several short stories, broadcast on the radio, and have also written for television.
Published work includes:
Free’n Lovely (pub Theatre Venture)
Self Portrait (pub Amber Lane Press)
Variations (in Methuen Plays by Women 9)
Geraniums (in Young Blood pub Aurora Metro)
The Sound of One Hand Clapping, a Guide to Writing for the Theatre. ( pub Amber Lane Press)
For Maddie with Love (pub New English Library)
Articles by me have also appeared in the following publications:
New Society.
The New Yorker
Kindred Spirit
Manna
El Once
I am the author of Wisdom of the Heart: Meditations from the Jewish Mystical Tradition
I am a very experienced meditator and teacher of meditation, and have been a student of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism for more than ten years. I have, over a period of more than twenty years, facilitated many workshops in Creative Writing, Mysticism and Meditation, and Buddhist studies.
Though Jewish by origin, I practised Buddhism for many years, and was privileged to receive teachings and Initiations from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, The Ven Geshe Damcho Yonten and other highly respected Lamas.
When I was guided back my Jewish roots more than ten years ago, I quickly discovered the Jewish Mystical tradition, a discipline which I have found both exciting and illuminating. Nevertheless, I continue to value and explore Buddhist thought and teachings, studying the works of both ancient and contemporary teachers, finding that these both enrich and expand my personal practice.
I am an active member of the Bristol and West Progressive Jewish Congregation, and regularly lead Friday night services there based on meditation.
I am a Student Member of the National Federation of Spiritual Healers.
In my daily life and in my work, I am committed to the practice of Heart to Heart Dialogue, or Compassionate Listening.
I am the mother of two sons and a grandmother with two granddaughters. I live near Bristol with my partner, who is a writer, a teacher and a psychotherapist.
My passions are: Swimming in the sea, travelling, gardening (especially growing tulips), making soup, walking… and dancing the Argentinean Tango.
Thank you to Heather Fallows for designing some of the trees on this site.