Dear Mr. Cornwell, I was sorry to hear that you have been in poor health recently. I hope you’re recovering well and that you stay healthy. It’s been a while since I last emailed you and I’ve got a lot of questions. 1. Will you be doing a US book tour for The Pale Horseman and if so do you plan on coming back to the Bailey’s Crossroads Borders or anywhere else in the Northern VA or DC area? I had such a great time at your talk and signing in February and I hope you can come back. 2.Will The Red Ship be released next year in the US as well or will us Yanks have to wait until 2007? 3. This is a really trivial, nitpicking question but which cheek is Sharpe’s scar on? It jumps from side to side in certain books. 4. I read on another website that your adopted name was Bernard Wiggins is this the reason for Derfel’s Saxon name Wigga? 5. Have you read any of Andy McNab’s books? I would never have found them if I hadn’t seen his first thriller recommended on the Reading Club page of your site. I recently read his autobiography Immediate Action and was surprised at how similar his early military career is to Sharpe’s. He was also an orphan in London, joined the Army at 16, and trained at Shorncliffe and served in the Royal Green Jackets before he passed selection for the SAS. 6. I’m now 17 and have been reading your books since I was 15 and I was wondering if you hear from many other young fans of your books? Thank you very much for taking the time to answer questions from your readers I don’t know of many other authors who do. I can’t wait to read The Pale Horseman and the rest of Uhtred’s saga. Keep up the great work! James