Jebel Marra, short stories, and writing war I used to work for a humanitarian aid agency in the UK, and in 2005 I spent six months working for the emergency relief effort in the centre of a war zone in Darfur, Sudan. It was my day (and night) job, unrelated to my writing, and I […]

What Became of the White Savage is based on a real-life incident. How did you find out about it and how did the character of Narcisse form in your mind? I first heard of this story when I was living in the South Pacific, in New Caledonia about twenty years ago. I don’t remember exactly […]