What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
death should be celebrated...when you put something in the ground you always know where it is
A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.
I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
At the end of the day, despite all the other great things that literature does in society and in a person's life, I think that we read to escape. And I think that place, more than anything, provides that escape quickly, if an author is engaged with the place.