Hannah Pool

Hannah Pool was born in Eritrea in 1974. She was adopted from an orphanage in Asmara (the capital of Eritrea) by a white couple   - the wife was American, husband was British - and grew up in Manchester, England.  Best known for her column “The New Black” in The Guardian, she is currently a feature writer at The Guardian newspaper.  This is her first book.  Hannah now lives in London.