Salman Shaheen

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Salman Shaheen is a British politician, journalist and novelist. He has written for the Guardian, New Statesman, Huffington Post, New Internationalist and Times of India and he is a regular commentator on politics and economics on TV and radio. Salman launched the UK's first-ever policy to transform wasteland into places for urban kids in deprived areas to grow food and learn about sustainability and biodiversity. Born in Norwich in 1984, Salman studied Social & Political Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge and the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. He now lives in Brentford, West London.

His upcoming mystery thriller, Freebourne, recently debuted at #13 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases chart in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and has already earned praise from several high-profile British journalists and broadcasters.