Born in Birkenhead, Monique Charlesworth is half German and her work has a European bias. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, she spent a decade writing scripts for film and television. Fluent in French and German she started her working life as a journalist and has also written four acclaimed novels. She is currently working on a novel that completes her German trilogy.

Mother Country: a story of love and lies is her first memoir. The book explores the many ways in which her mother spent her life trying to escape from being German and half-Jewish. Monique’s own life has reversed this trajectory. She lives with her husband in London and is currently writing the third book in her German trilogy.