The Hidden (47 page)

Yours most humbly,

Gad Mahmoud

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jo Chumas is a British writer living in Barcelona, Spain. She grew up in Belgium and England, and spent her childhood holidays exploring Europe and North Africa with her parents. She worked for many years as a journalist in Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and the UK while also writing fiction. A profound fascination with early twentieth-century Egyptian political and cultural history led her to write
The Hidden
.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A massive thanks to Christina Henry de Tessan, editor extraordinaire.