Ellen Wiles

is an author of novels and non-fiction, a live literaturist, researcher and mama of two, based in London. Her debut novel is The Invisible Crowd (Harper Collins, 2017). It is a polyphonic novel about immigration and asylum, and tells the story of Yonas, an Eritrean asylum seeker, his experiences in the UK after he's smuggled over in a boat, and the motley collection of people he meets during his quest to remain.