Author of The Knights Templar: The History & Myths of the Legendary Military Order, The Cathars: The Rise & Fall of the Great Heresy, The Gnostics: The First Christian Heretics, Andrei Tarkovsky, and New Waves in Cinema. Wigtown Poetry Prize winner 2011; chosen as one of Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature's Emerging Writers 2012; longlisted for the Plough Poetry Prize 2013.
