Hello! My name is Barbara Nadel and I am a British author resident just outside the city of Manchester in the North West of England. I am a Londoner by birth and upbringing and so I really am steeped in big city culture. I first became really bewitched by the city of Detroit a couple of years ago when I saw a film about the ruins of the car plants, mansions, hotels etc. I was instantly captivated. It recalled to me the ruins of the east end of London that I grew up in the 1960s and 70s - an urban wasteland of incredible, fragile beauty, a place also of such obvious gutsiness and spirit. I wanted to visit there and then, but my commitments here in the UK precluded that, until now. In 2011 I will visit Detroit with a view to setting one of my books in the city. I currently write two mystery series, one based in London in the 1940s [[the Hancock series) and one based in modern day Istanbul, Turkey [[the Inspector Ikmen series). It is a book in the latter series that I intend to set in Detroit. So this is me, all ears for anything and everything Detroit and keen to share my UK and Turkey based experiences of big city life in return, You'll have to bear with me, I've never been involved in a Forum of any kind before and so if I am a bit 'green'. Please do be assured however that in no way do I seek to do Detroit down in any shape or form. I come from an old dockside community which just doesn't exist any more. I know how tough it is. I look forward, hopefully, to some good discussions to come!
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