Author takes fans on a journey of discovery

Best-selling British author Rachel Joyce seems shy when she talks at the China International Exhibition Center during the Beijing International Book Fair. When answering questions, she speaks in a low voice directly to the interpreter.

This is her first time in China, although her debut work The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry has been a bestseller in China, with more than 2 million copies sold since 2013.

But when she smiles, there is politeness, warmth and the eagerness to communicate, just like in her novels.