Matt Graydon has always written stories, first as a schoolboy, then as a journalist and PR and now, as a writer of striking historical fiction. He likes to explore offbeat perspectives, inspired by true stories, especially in his tales of life in wartime. Now, 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. He lives in Surrey with his family and loves astrophotography, gardening and music.