About

Although my pen name is Emily, no one calls me that. I’m Em to most, EB to some, Mimi to my family.

I grew up on the Kent coast, where my first reader was my little sister, for whom I wrote bedtime stories. After studying English Literature at UEA, I did a brief stint in digital marketing before moving to London to work for Greenpeace UK. As part of the creative team, I contributed to campaigns with tangible impact, from the UK fracking ban to the UN Global Oceans Treaty.

I went freelance in 2019 to work towards my childhood dream of being a published author. Since then, I’ve collaborated with mission-driven organisations worldwide, including The Story of Stuff, Green New Deal, The Sunrise Project, Mencap and Waterwise. As a freelance creative campaigner, I harness my storytelling skills to drive movements for change, offering a multidisciplinary approach that spans written and visual comms. More on that here.

My debut novel, Send Flowers, is about a lapsed climate activist who thinks a houseplant is her boyfriend (don’t we all?). It was published in 2025 by VERVE Books in the UK, Aotearoa and Australia, and by Park Row Books in the US and Canada. New Scientist called it ‘one of the best new sci-fi novels’ (technically it’s speculative magical realism meets cli-fi, but who am I to quibble?) and Booklist called it ‘captivating.’

I live in Norwich with my composer spouse, a small herd of enormous animals, and more houseplants than I care to admit. I’m working on book two.