about this event
Former journalist Matt Graydon likes to explore offbeat perspectives, inspired by true stories, especially in his tales of life in wartime. In his first novel, Leaving Fatherland, inspired by a true story, he tells the tale of a liberal German who returns home from his life as a New York university student to fight for the Nazis. Matt will talk about how he went about writing the book, where the inspiration came from and the huge amount of research involved in bringing the story to life.