Born and educated in the UK, I have lived most of my adult life in Sweden, although I do travel a lot, mainly to London, California and New Zealand. (Flying from Auckland to SF you leave in the evening and arrive 8 hours before you started. In the reverse direction you leave in the evening and arrive early in the morning - two days later!)
I have been a book lover since my early childhood. Given the opportunity, I think most children are. But stimulated by my early reading, I have also always wanted to write. Writing, however, requires not only a desire but discipline, which I think more...