The Conditions Series is easily the work closest to my heart. Conditions was my first ever novel and I packed it with the things that I knew and that I wanted people to know about. 

I personally have struggled with depression and minor but consistent psychological problems all of my life. Understanding and support came often from unlikely sources, if not from people who were in the same boat with me. Many had it much worse.

Mental illnesses make people uncomfortable and many prefer to brush them under the carpet – whether they are suffering themselves or if it affects those around them. Sadly, this silence makes the problem worse; whether that is depression, addiction or bi-polarism….

In the Conditions Series I’m not lecturing you about it. I’m portraying one rather likeable character with a specific mental health issue and show how people around him adapt – some great, some not so…