Some writers sit at a desk and make things up. Graham Greene went out and found his stories. Born on October 2, 1904, in England, Greene became one of the most traveled writers in history. He visited war zones, remote jungles, and countries in the middle of political turmoil. Then he turned what he saw into novels. Greene believed that a good story needed real details. He once traveled deep into Liberia, a country in West Africa, walking through forests for weeks. That trip became the book *Journey Without Maps*. He also lived in Vietnam during a war and wrote *The Quiet American*, a novel about conflict between cultures. What made Greene special was his interest in moral questions. His characters often had to choose between right and wrong with no easy answers. A spy might do terrible things for good reasons. A priest might break his own rules to help someone. Greene wrote over 25 novels and many screenplays for movies. His books have been translated into dozens of languages. He showed that the best writing comes from paying close attention to the messy, complicated world around you.