Maya Panika

I lived in Havana for 10 years, a freelance journalist accredited to CBS news, The Economist and The Daily and Sunday Telegraph and a major contributor to a series of travel guides and TV shows; my news, features and columns have appeared across the English-speaking world. When a series of articles in The Economist inspired the Cubans ask me to leave and return nevermore, I turned in desperation to writing comedy for the BBC and a novel, Entanglement, now published.

I live in England, on a wild and windy moor, in sheepshagger country. I smell of dust, old books and bluebells. I love books, comedy, fantasy, gardening, and all things earthy. Make me laugh and I'll be your friend forever.