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Featured Author: Pico Iyer

Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer (born 11 February 1957), known as Pico Iyer, is a British-born essayist and novelist known for his travel writing. He is the author of numerous books on crossing cultures including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk and The Global Soul. He has been a contributor to Time, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times.

A Beginner's Guide to Japan by Pico Iyer: 9781101973479 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksSun After Dark: Pico Iyer: Bloomsbury Publishing 

 

 

Pico Iyer (Author of The Art of Stillness) 

 

The Open Road by Pico Iyer: 9780307387554 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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