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Favourite thing about being a writer?
Meeting my readers.

Favourite thing to snack on while writing?
Apples & Percy Pigs (strawberry flavour jelly-style candy - they're fabulous!)

Favourite item in your closet?
Blue suede Paul Smith coat.

Favourite place(s) to shop?
Selfridges in London; Henri Bendels in New York; and Thrift Stores (for quirky, wacky stuff).

Favourite purchase you've made recently?
My ice-green Balenciaga handbag. I love it so much I want to sleep with it.

Favourite item(s) always to be found in your handbag?
Murray Mints. 68 lipsticks. 14 pens (all leaking). Torn pieces of paper with mystery phone numbers on them. YSL touche éclat. Kleenex patterned with shoes - too pretty to use. Just For Today card.

Favourite author(s)?
Impossible! - too many - current favourites include Val McDermid, Carolyn Parkhurst, Philip Roth.

Favourite movie?
Raising Arizona & Roman Holiday.

Favourite place you'd like to travel to?
Cambodia & Laos.

Favourite thing about being married?
Having a best pal always around.

Favourite way to spend a Saturday afternoon?
In bed.

Favourite music to relax to?
Silence.

Favourite guilty pleasure?
Driving fast.

Favourite thing about Dublin?
The way people talk.

Favourite thing about London?
The shoe shops.

Favourite character from one of your novels?
Jojo Harvey - she's the woman I want to be when I grow up.