<strong>Writer Mo Fanning grew up near Birmingham in the UK but left for pastures new as soon as he could legally drive, spending much of his grown-up life in the Netherlands, before returning home just before lockdown took hold. <br></strong><br>He has contributed to 100 Stories for Haiti and written for the Observer travel section.<br><br>His first novel 'The Armchair Bride' was nominated for Arts Council Book of the Year, and his work was turned into a short play for BBC America. 'Rebuilding Alexandra Small' climbed the best selling lists in the UK, Canada and Australia.<br>