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Travel definitely affects me as a writer.

I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist, but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places.

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

The truth is I'm not really interested in travel writing as it's generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing.

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.

I see myself as a traveller.

Travelling is difficult, and writers tend to want to stay at home and do their work.

I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.

I would love to be a travel writer. I'd be so stoked.