About me

I am an author and editor. I grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and now live in London. Something To Live For (previously published as How Not To Die Alone in hardback in the US), is my first novel. It has been translated into 20 languages. My second novel, When We Were Young, was published in 2021, and my third, This Disaster Loves You, came out in 2024. I was previously a commissioning editor of non-fiction books at Hachette UK. I am now a freelance editor.

Richard Ropers I am not

I am not the fictional character Richard Onslow Roper as portrayed by Hugh Laurie in The Night Manager. Sorry about that. I am also not Richard Roeper, the film critic, so if you have beef with a Chicago Tribune review of the new Marvel film then I’m not the guy to tweet at.