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Based near Fontainebleau, south of Paris, I'm a translator, editor and writer specialising in fiction, art and heritage, travel, (auto)biography and memoir.

My published literary translations from French include Jean Rolin's fictionalised travelogue/memoir The Explosion of the Radiator Hose (Dalkey Archive Press, 2011), and short stories by Hubert Haddad, Delphine de Vigan, Catherine Millet and Marie Darrieussecq. I translate for leading Paris museums, cultural institutions and fine art publishers including the Louvre, the Musée Marmottan Monet, the Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art, the Centre National du Livre, and Flammarion.

I also write for and translate travel guides, including Time Out Paris, Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness series and the annual LVMH City Guides.

Much of my work focuses on cultural heritage, from literature, artworks and monuments to the intangible heritage that enhances everyday life around the world - decoration and textiles,  traditional crafts and skills, food, rituals, beliefs, stories, songs...

I studied English, literary translation and art history at the University of Cambridge, and recently completed an MPhil on French livres d'artistes at the University of London in Paris. I worked in book and magazine publishing in London as an editor and writer before moving to France.

Qualifications and memberships

UNESCO
Accredited external translator (by examination, 1999).
Institute of Translation & Interpreting
Qualified member, by examination, 2001: specialist subject Art History.
Society of Authors and the Translators Association
Member since 2005.
Association des Traducteurs Littéraires Français
Member since 2006.
English PEN/Writers in Translation
Member since 2008.
National Union of Journalists, Paris Freelance Branch
Member since 2000.

University of Cambridge
MA Hons English Literature and Art History.
University of London in Paris (ULIP)
Currently writing up my MPhil in Literary Translation and Art History, looking at the translation challenges posed by French livres d'artiste. (I was awarded a Quinn, Nathan and Esmond Studentship in 2006-7).