Trained in stage-management at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London. After working for several years in British theatre, she became a travel writer. Short-listed for the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize, she has written for the Rough Guides travel series, as well as for several international publications. Has lived in Paris, Berlin, Crete and Florence and is currently living in Barcelona with her son, Roberto.

Recently compiled and edited The Art of Living: A Practical Guide to Being Alive, which was published simultaneously in English and Spanish, the profits from which, both she and the publisher, Kairós, are donating to the NGO founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, Green Cross International.