1–What is the title of your latest release? THE BLACK CRESCENT   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? 1950s Morocco, a young man finds himself caught between love and war as the country rises against the French protectorate.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I’ve spent 18 years living between Cornwall and Morocco, and I know and love the country and its people well. I’d come upon a photo of a stunning young woman in immodest dress in Casablanca and wanted to tell her story.   4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I may have married my protagonist! Joking aside, Hamou shares a lot of Abdel’s characteristics: I love him.   5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Charismatic, decent, conflicted.   6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That the French built a kitsch Moroccan theme park in Casablanca that served as a brothel for its soldiers and administrators.   7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? As a professional editor, I find it hard not to nitpick at my drafts as I go. I am trying to…