Thanks for having me, Ambo Anthos

My publishers are all lovely, and I’m not just saying that. Yesterday, I was invited to visit my Dutch publisher, Ambo Anthos, in their gorgeous office in a centuries old Amsterdam canal house.

Seriously, it was like a museum and I’m kicking myself for not asking if I could take pictures.

The building itself is on Herengracht, one of the main canal streets in Amsterdam and probably the fanciest. Translated it means something like gentleman’s canal, and was where the richest merchants built the...