Nasha Solim is a pharmacist and writer working in London. Nasha was previously a music TV journalist and worked as a youth worker with disadvantaged youth in London. She is the child of Bengali immigrants and a first-generation Brit, born and raised in London. She is an avid traveller. Her varied experiences have inspired her debut poetry/prose collection, The Shadow of My Ancestral Tree. Writing as diverse as the Quran, A Helwa, Rumi, Khaled Hosseini, Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak, Rupi Kaur, Tupac, Santan Dave, Eminem, and Lauryn Hill have all inspired her work. Nasha is a social activist passionate about social change, politics and equity. She currently resides in her birthplace.

“This book charts, in entertaining detail, the ebb and flow of Stephen’s passage through the turbulent waters of an imperfect criminal justice system. There are lessons in it for all of us.” - Eoin McLennan-Murray, President of the Prison Governors’ Association