| My hair colour: | Unfortunately grey | |
| My eye colour: | Blue | |
| My shoe size: | Don't know | |
| My star sign: | Don't know | |
| My favourite book when child: | The Owl Service by Alan Garner | |
| My favourite fictional character: | Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island | |
| Books that inspired me to become a writer: | The Owl Service | |
| My favourite author: | Alan Garner | |
| My ideal reading position: | Bolt upright | |
| My usual means of marking a place in a book: | A book-mark | |
| My favourite time of year: | Spring | |
| My favourite time of day: | Morning | |
| My best time for working: | Morning | |
| The first piece of writing I was paid for was: | A collection of short stories called Pocketful of Rye | |
| My favourite TV show: | Prime Suspect | |
| My favourite actor: | Alan Howard | |
| My favourite song: | Ave Maria | |
| My favourite savory food: | Curry | |
| My favourite sweet food: | -- | |
| My typical bedtime is: | 11pm | |
| My favourite year of childhood (age 4-16): | Twelve | |
| My mousemat design: | ? - eh? | |
| The tidiest place in my home is: | Office | |
| The untidiest place in my home is: | Nowhere | |
| The working tool I would least like to do without: | Pilot V5 pen | |
| The creature comfort I would most unwillingly go without: | Good wine | |