Can I claim this on my taxes? | author’s note

It’s official—GREECE!

I’ve made plans to travel to Greece for three weeks next spring, and am so lucky to have my stellar editor and dear friend, who also happens to be my mom, going with me.

I would count it as a research trip and try to write off the cost, but since the book I set in Greece will be coming out this December, I don’t think that will work. It’ll be worth it regardless. Ever since I first began researching the Greek Islands, Santorini and Crete in particular, I’ve been longing to...