
He is inspired by the lives of his grandmother, who drove ambulances during the war, and his grandfather, who was part of the fledgling SAS.Ĭleave was educated at Oxford University. He is now working on a new book that is set in London. The third novel he wrote was called Gold published in 2012. His second novel published in 2008, called The Other Hand in UK and Little Bee in the US and Canada. Cameroon borders Nigeria and this might be why all of his novels are taken place in Nigeria.Ĭleaves three novels from first to last are: Incendiary, Little Bee, it was titled after The Other Hand was publish in the UK, and Gold.Ĭhris debut novel was Incendiary, which was publish in 2005. He was brought up Buckinghamshire and Cameroon. Chris Cleave was born in 1973 in London, England.
