, we went on holiday to Germany, and we went to Munich Station. What should we do…?’ And he said ‘Don’t send money write.’ So I began to think, ‘How can I write about this?’ I said to him one day, ‘I don’t know what to do. I have a neighbour, who was following the boats arriving in Greece, backwards and forwards to the beaches. What drew you this time to write about Syria? You’ve written books set all over the world in Ethiopia, India, Kurdistan, Beirut, and many other places. Imogen Russell Williams interviews her about the book for Books for Keeps. Her latest book, Welcome to Nowhere, follows twelve-year-old Omar and his family as they move through Syria from the ancient city of Bosra to Daraa, then, fleeing violence, to a small farming village – and finally across the border, to a Jordanian refugee camp. She has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal six times. Elizabeth Laird the award-winning author of The Garbage King, The Fastest Boy in the World, A Little Piece of Ground, Kiss the Dust, Crusade, and Oranges in No Man’s Land, among others.
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