I'm Terrified To Get Married. I'm Not

Because I Write A Book A Year, I Always Want To Do One Other Project Every Year That's Stimulating In A Different Way. It Means You Can Be Working But Not Using Up Your Prose Juice, You Know?

I Have Two Children. They Are More Fun Than Anything In The World, And It's More Immediate Fun Than The Hard Slog Of Writing.

My Upbringing Was Middle-class But My Parents' Families Were Both Working-class So I Had This Odd Combination Of Working-class Background But In A Privileged Position.

In The 'garnethill' Trilogy, People Always Forget That Maureen O'donnell's Dad Was A Journalist And She Did Art History At Uni And Her Brother Did Law, But No-one Ever Thinks They're Middle-class - They're Just Working Class Because They Speak With Accents.

None Of Us Know What Is Going To Sell Or What People Want To Read.