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Most people I know don't even realize I'm an award-winning author, but I have gotten many opportunities to travel to places I'd never have visited otherwise.

I've been a traveller, but I don't travel so much now. I'm trying to do it vicariously through my writing. I'm trying to write books that will draw readers away from their lives but send them back in a more awakened way.

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey as my protagonist.

Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.

Travel definitely affects me as a writer.

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.