Deniz Goran’s first novel 'The Turkish Diplomat's Daughter' became a bestseller when it was published in Turkey in 2007. The novel was also published in the UK, Italy, Germany, Greece and Taiwan. Deniz Goran is the pseudonym of Selin Tamtekin, a Turkish-British novelist and art writer based in London. Her second novel, 'The Fugitive of Gezi Park' was published at the end of May 2023 to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Gezi Park Protests.