I’m a writer, I mean that’s basically what’s going on. And a comedian. That too.
I’ve been published in places like The New Yorker, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Wired, GQ, Sunday Times Magazine, and Esquire. I’ve written about things like trying to become an underwear model, how Flat Earthers find love, and a woman who fell in love with a man she thought was Dwayne Johnson. Until 2018 I was staff writer for the amazing ShortList magazine, where I profiled cover stars including Paul Rudd, Mark Rylance, and Jack Black.
I’ve been shortlisted for awards including the Anthony Burgess Prize, a PPA Award, and a Freelance Writing Award, and was named feature writer of the year at the Guardian Student Media Awards (when I was a student, obviously).
I am also a comedy writer and performer, mainly with sketch group The Awkward Silence. We have been shortlisted for a Writers’ Guild Award, were runners-up in the Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off competition, and won Best Writing and Best Male Actor awards at the DAFTAs. Watch us here maybe?
I improvise on stage and, only once, managed to do it on TV: in 2021 I appeared in the show This Is My House on BBC One. I also produce Criminal, a murder mystery improv night and podcast. It has featured at the Underbelly Festival Southbank and Edinburgh Fringe and starred comedians including Deborah Frances-White, Miles Jupp, John Finnemore, and Rachel Parris.
My latest book, Welcome to Winkdale, is out now. You could always buy my first, How To Skim A Stone, while you’re there.
“Very entertaining writer” – Dwayne The Rock Johnson
“Wonderful, perfect sentences you didn’t know you needed to read” – The AV Club
“My friend” – Dwayne The Rock Johnson
I am also a story consultant at Pendragon, where I help writers develop scripts for TV and film.
