Julie asked Tim Butcher:

Tim, wanted to thank you for your book Chasing the Devil. I've been to Liberia twice in the past 2 years. Our church has been involved with the work at Ganta Hospital for >10 years, so I've been able to make some solid connections there. Reading your book took me right back to this land I've come to love. Any plans to return there? Or are any of your other books set in West Africa?

Tim Butcher Julie – thanks for your note. No current plans for a return although I keep in touch with the wonderful Johnson Boie, our guide from 2009 who walked every step of the way of the journey. He remains up in Lofa but often gets down to the coast. As for Ganta, I remember those soft mornings so well, the smell of the fresh baguettes in town made by the Guinean baker. I have some letters from Winifred Harley in the 1930s that might amuse you, the founder of the Methodist Mission and Hospital that developed into the town of Ganta. Send me your email address using the GoodReads message system perhaps and I will happily email you scans if it would be of interest.
Best, TimB

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