CURRENT MISSION

traveling for writing projects

ABOUT ME

I am a writer, both of fiction and nonfiction. I was born in Canada but grew up both in the US and in Canada. I have also lived in Mexico, Morocco, Italy, India, the Congo, Afghanistan, and Japan.

Interests

Literature, film, environmentalism, science, politics, hiking, renovation, yoga.

• writing
• literature
• yoga
• politics
• traveling
• hiking
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Fiction: Absalom, Absalom!, As I Lay Dying, One Hundred Years of Solitude, White Noise, Jesus' Son, A Feast of Snakes, Herzog, Humbolt's Gift, In the Skin of a Lion, Lolita, Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet.

Nonfiction: Mountains Beyond Mountains, The Tipping Point, The Places In Between.

Teach, Learn, Share

People who are deeply engaged with the world and passionate about their ability to make change in their societies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Rwanda, Singapore, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Canada, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, United States

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