before you became a writer, you studied art history. mm. and then you worked as a cabinet—makerfor a bit. i worked at wildenstein, the art dealership first, six months, the famous... moving paintings around. i was a stock boy for wildenstein but, i mean, the minute i got there, it was a fabulous job. i get to hold all the art, know all what they owned. they owned billions and billions of dollars of art. and i got to have that interaction with the stuff. then i worked as a... three months, apprenticed as a woodworker in newjersey with a master cabinet—maker. then i went and led teenage girls through europe on these fancy trips, and then i ended up at the london school of economics. i did a master's in economics for two years. but from art history to cabinet—making to london school of economics to do a master's in economics, it's not an obvious... there's no, no... ..path. i was growing. you were looking. i knew when i graduated that i... at every stop, i was writing. i knew i wanted to write, but i didn't know how