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One place I haven't made it to - mainly because it's so far away - is Australia, so I'd love to go there. I've heard great things about Australia and New Zealand.

I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it.

The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.

I want to get up there and tell entertaining stories but that are also to a certain extent clean.

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.

Of all the places I've been, India is the one that's on the top of my list to return to.

Despite the fact that I spend a lot of time in London, Switzerland and New York, Africa is the place I know and love best, and my heart will always lie here.

The most impactful place that I've been to where I was just completely awestruck, happy, moved is Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is probably the most beautiful and romantic place in the world.