Author on Spain with 15 books ranging from biography to travel, crime fiction and history, sold in twenty countries, including the US, the UK, Germany and China. - Co-Founder and Director at The Scheherazade Foundation- Latest non-fiction work, THE BOOK OF DUENDE- Nominated for the Guardian First Book Award and the Crime Writers’ Association New Blood Dagger Award. - Flamenco correspondent for Classical Guitar magazine (2014-2017)- Written extensively for newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Independent, Sunday Times, The Observer, Conde Nast Traveller, The New Statesman and El Asombrario.- Presented the BBC Radio 4 documentary 'Flashmob Flamenco' in 2013 - Appeared in television documentaries about Spain for the BBC, Five and The Discovery Channel.- Co-founder of the Bridport School of WritingSpecialties: Book Writing, Storytelling and Story Writing, Spain, Islamic History, Cross-Cultural Interchange, Creativity