<p>Mary Jane Walker is a writer of true travel stories that come with an autobiographical flavour. She comes from New Zealand, a country whose inhabitants are used to making long journeys to get to to almost any other place.</p><p>Mary Jane first experienced world travel as part of the crew on a Chinese junk named <em>La Dame de Canton, </em>which sailed from Guangzhou to Paris to become a floating restaurant.</p><p>She has visited 71 countries so far and published five books. Her books are unconventional and outspoken, and heavily illustrated as well. Four more are forthcoming. </p>
