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My first book,
The White Road and Other Stories

is published by Salt Modern Fiction and was commended by the judges of the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers.

Visit the book's website for more.
About Me


Born in London in 1970, I moved to Jerusalem, in 1994, and after 15 years in Israel, my partner and I, and our two cats, moved to Bristol in August 2009.

After making a living for 13 years as a science journalist, writing for publications such as WIRED, NewScientist, the MIT Technology Review and Business 2.0,  I gave it all up
to write fiction.

My first short story collection, The White Road and Other Stories, is now available from Salt Modern Fiction and was commended by the judges of the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers.

I am currently writer-in-residence in the Science Faculty at Bristol University, based in the Nanoscience and Quantum Information Centre, writing very short stories inspired by my residency.

My fiction, plays and film scripts, have won or been shortlisted for various prizes, nominated for a Pushcart Prize,  been published in print and online, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and performed.  I blog about writing at TaniaWrites.

I am the founder and editor of The Short Review dedicated to reviewing short story collections and anthologies and showcasing short story authors.

Use the links above to read some of my fiction and the articles I wrote as a journalist, latest news, books my work has appeared in, and more. Drop me an email, visit my blog or my profiles on

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I provide short story critiquing & editing through The Writers' Workshop.

Contact them for more details.