What do your fans mean to you?
Anybody working in any creative field does so with one thing in mind - creating something of value to those who experience it. When people say that my travel books have made them laugh this means a lot. Or alternatively I am delighted when somebody says that a story I have written has disturbed them. The aim is to create a reaction so that the book is an experience. This feedback is what inspires me to write more.
Who are your favorite authors?
It was Bill Bryson who initially inspired me to start travel writing. As far as fiction goes I like George Orwell and Aldous Huxley and being a music fan Ian Macdonald's analysis of The Beatles is a particularly well written work where the writing is as good as the records that inspired it.
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