I grew up in the heart of my much loved Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, smelling the freshly roasted coffee and listening to the Sunday morning programmes on the radio. I now live in the grim North West with my young family and a four-legged friend. I am a lifelong supporter of Liverpool Football Club and a voracious reader of newspapers and books of all descriptions.
Yohannes Ishi is my first novel. It was a labour of love - done at the same time as working a full-time job and trying to spend time with my family (2 children under 5!). My main motivation was to show Ethiopia as it real more...