Marina Benjamin

Marina Benjamin has worked as a journalist for over fifteen years.  She was arts editor of the New Statesman and deputy arts editor of the Evening Standard, and has written columns for the Daily Express and Scotland on Sunday.  Her book, Rocket Dreams, was shortlisted for the Eugene Emme Literature Award.    Her most recent book is Last Days In Babylon: The Story of the Jews of Baghdad, which was published by Bloomsbury in 2007.