Why on earth would a skeptic take on a pilgrimage along a Christian route? Crime novelist David Downie wrote a book about this concept: Paris to the Pyrénées - A skeptic pilgrim walks the Way of Saint James. In June 2015, we met David, a UC Berkeley alumnus and American nonfiction author, when he presented his book at the ‘Evenings with an Author series’ hosted by the American Library of Paris. Also a food critic and journalist, David Downie “walks the walk”