Paula Constant

Paula travels. Then she writes about it. She talks about it, too.

In 2004 she packed her life into a backpack and began walking from London. Three years later, she’d covered over 12000km on foot – 7000 of those through the Sahara with her own camel train. The walks became her first and second books.

Paula began to speak to audiences when she returned from the desert. She speaks to schools and corporations about identifying what success looks like, and how to achieve it. Speaking is one of her greatest joys, and she still feels embarrassed that she gets paid to do the very thing that many of her friends would happily pay her to stop doing.
Paula moved to Granada to research a novel. At least, that’s what she told people. In reality it was because Granada looked absolutely gorgeous on Google images; every bar in the city serves free tapas; and she can stare at the Alhambra from her lounge room window.

Rather to her own amazement she did actually complete the novel. As yet untitled, it should be out later in 2013, alongside Spanish Song, her third travel memoir.
Paula dances flamenco and indulges her love of cooking at every chance. She stares at the Alhambra to her heart’s content and skis at the Sierra Nevada when she has enough money. She has never tired of the free tapas, and she loves learning Spanish – which is lucky, because it is certainly taking her a long time to learn.