OH MY GODS is a fusion of the things I loved reading about the most as a teen. It combines my love of Greek mythology with the angsty teen diaries I couldn’t get enough of (think Adrian Mole, The Princess Diaries and Angus, Thongs & Full-Frontal Snogging). I came up with the concept when I was watching an old movie with my family one Sunday afternoon – it was called Down to Earth and starred Rita Hayworth as one of the Greek muses, who ends up coming down from Mount Olympus to play herself in a Broadway musical. It got me thinking: what if the Greek gods lived on earth? What would they do for a living? And how would it feel to be a half-mortal in that family? I wrote the first chapter not long after that!

I hope my readers learn that there’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family. That Bad Things might happen but it’s possible to pick up the pieces and keep going, even if things will never be the same again. And that no matter how annoying their siblings get, I hope they’re grateful that they don’t have Aphrodite for a big sister!

I’m not sure if there’s a typical author journey. But if there is, I certainly didn’t take it. I dropped out of my English Lit degree in the first year and I’ve worked in social media and advertising ever since. I started writing OMGs six years ago after being frustrated at myself for putting it off for long enough. I wrote in the early mornings before work and occasionally on weekends, revising drafts until a literary agent contacted me on Twitter requesting to see the full manuscript (there’s nothing like an interested agent to get you motivated to finish a draft…). I signed with them not long after sending over my fourth draft. 

I’m currently working on my second novel, balancing writing with freelancing and school visits.

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