We asked our authors from around the world to share their thoughts on why they write, why they read, and the books that have influenced them.
Here’s what they had to say.
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I read Patrick Süskind’s Perfume: The Story of a Murderer at twenty-three years old on the plane on my way to Paris, on the beginning of my first big overseas adventure. I’ve always had really heightened senses, so I really related to the way the book explores the sense of smell and the emotional connection it can have to the things around you (not so much to the fact he was a murderer however)!
