accused, coelho believes falsely, of spying for germany.. you know, standing. >> standing up straight. >> when i start writing as if i were mata hari, her voice was talking to me. i could hear her. she was innocent of spying, but she was not that innocent. she used lies to survive and then people lied against her and condemned her to death. >> the spy is coelho's 28th book. >> this is french. this is polish. >> a self-described internet junkie he has more facebook followers than any other author. many, drawn to him because of his most famous work "the alchemist." it has spent an 'sonnishing eight years on the "new york times" best seller list. it's an allegorical tale of andalusian shepard boy who goes searching for treasure ends up finding the key to happiness. people started calling you a guru, a seer, a prophet for writing that book. >> they think so. of course not. i was trying to understand my own life. >> and what a life. coelho was raised in a conservative brazilian catholic family. you wanted to become a writer from an early age. bu

rita braver visits paulo coelho the author of "the and more.irst, here are the headlines for "sunday morning," the 18th of december, 2016. 19 below in sioux falls, south dakota. two in chicago. it's cold. and a weekend storm caused icy roads and crashes. a 6-vehicle pile up on i-95 near baltimore included a tanker that skidded off the highway and exploded. china says it will return a u.s. navy drone it seized in the disputed water of the south china sea near the philippines. the pentagon says the drone similar to this one, was operated by civilian contractors conducting oceanic research. there's increasing desperation in the city of aleppo in syria where the evacuation of thousands has ground to a halt. there's little food and water as government troops close in on the city. the man behind one of the best known medical interventions for non--medical folks has died in cincinnati. dr. henry heimlich was 96 years old. pope francis celebrated his 80th birthday yesterday receiving eight homeless people for breakfast at the vatican. and providing eno