T. E. Samad Bordesley Green, Birmingham, England

I’m a writer in the sense that I write. I simply can’t claim to be anything more. I write all kinds of fiction, but I usually seem to gravitate towards the more gritty and urban side of life (well, whenever I'm not dabbling in comedy writing). Perhaps if I had grown up in a very different environment, I may have become a children’s book writer, or a writer of self-help books. But it was not meant to be, I guess. I want to see where I take my writing, and where my writing takes me.