David Guterson — American Author born on May 04, 1956,

David Guterson is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist. He is best known as the author of the book Snow Falling on Cedars... (wikipedia)

There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.
Everybody has a world, and that world is completely hidden until we begin to inquire. As soon as we do, that entire world opens to us and yields itself. And you see how full and complex it is.
It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.
What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.
Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.