I have spent the last 20 years working in development of writers. I was part of the team that set out the BBC Writersroom, and I also founded and led another new initiative for writers across the 53 countries of the Commonwealth called Commonwealth Writers. Over the years, I have been working in various countries around the world with new writers, and the Untold Stories initiative came about following a conversation I had with writers I was working with in Afghanistan. Rising After the Fall is an anthology of stories for children about Afghan women.