Noraly had planned to do a U.S. book tour to support sales, but late last week she announced in a social media post that she had reluctantly canceled those plans.
In a post on
Facebook, she cited several reasons for the decision. U.S. immigration officials are reviewing social media and her recent travels in the Middle East, especially Yemen, could bring her under additional scrutiny. She knows other Europeans who have been detained and deported by the United States, and while she has a current U.S. visa, if she were deported it could hurt her ability to get travel permissions elsewhere in the world. Also, if she were detained, all the work and expense that goes into putting together a multi-city book tour would be wasted.
"I never thought I would say this, but it doesn't feel safe to travel to the U.S. right now," she wrote, adding that "I'm gutted it's not going to happen now."