He's written numerous books about the Far East and is a regular contributor to travel publications like National Geographic, Conde Nast and Smithsonian. His latest book is The Professor and the Madman, is number five on the New York Times bestseller list. It's a very British mystery about the intrigue behind the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. Headed to the top of the New York Times bestseller list, Simon has taken a breather from his book tour to talk about his Place of the Heart. But he's not talking about England where he was born and bred, or the vibrancy of New York where he now makes his home. No, Simon has come to talk about Greenland: his favorite place, it seems, on the planet.