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Goran Baba Ali Author

Goran Baba Ali has written and published various literary and journalistic works in Kurdish, Dutch and English. As an ex-refugee, originally from Iraqi Kurdistan, he has personally experienced some of the protagonist's hardship in this novel, including a few weeks living in a desert. Since he left Iraq in 1994, he has lived in various countries. After fifteen years in Amsterdam, he moved to London in 2012, where he completed an MA in creative writing at Birkbeck, University of London in 2019. More info: www.goranbabaali.com