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Kim Fay

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Former indie bookseller (Seattle), teacher and travel writer (Saigon), and jill-of-all-trades (Los Angeles). Author of the novels LOVE & SAFFRON (#1 Indie Next pick) and THE MAP OF LOST MEMORIES (Edgar Award Finalist), and COMMUNION: A CULINARY JOURNEY THROUGH VIETNAM. Also the creator/​editor of the To Asia With Love guidebook series, passionate reader, tea drinker, bread baker, nephew wrangler, puppy Mabel mom, and lifelong writer. #blessed

Average rating: 3.98 · 9,988 ratings · 1,978 reviews · 10 distinct worksSimilar authors
Love & Saffron: A Novel of ...

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The Sounds of Silence

Today I have the honor of guest blogging at Naked Authors, home to a stellar group of mystery writers: Ridley Pearson, Jacqueline Winspear, Paul Levine, James O. Born, Cornelia Read and my fabulous friend, Patricia Smiley, who invited me to share my thoughts on the role of silence in a writer's life:

Recently, I spent two and a half weeks at my parents’ house. They live in Tucson in a development o Read more of this blog post »
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“The one thing to remember about an adventure is that if it turns out the way you expect it to, it has not been an adventure at all.”
Kim Fay, The Map of Lost Memories

“Even if you don't find what you think you're looking for, darling, it's the going out and looking for it that counts.”
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“Too many people surrender to a place of safety. That place where all they do is long to sleep so they can dream about living.”
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“...when we were walking through Angkor War, I found myself wondering about what is lost when one culture is systematically annihilated so another can thrive in the name of progress. Think about it, what might have happened if Cambodia hadn't eventually been taken over by Siam and then France - what the Cambodians could offer the world if they're given the opportunity to follow through with what they're meant to become.”
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“When Angkorian society began, Paris and London were not much more than elaborate villages. Europe was crawling with barbarians, and here were the Khmer engineering sophisticated irrigation systems and constructing the biggest temple in the world.”
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