Dear Bernard, this may be a bit cheeky, but I’m trying to find out how authors who use maps feel about them. Are they there for the reader, or is it more perhaps? Do you use them as a planning tool? For any other reason? This is for an article I’m writing for the Society of Cartograhers Bulletin – I’m not a journalist, just a Cartographer who loves books. Yours sincerely, Elanor.