| My hair colour: | Black, grey, missing. | |
| My eye colour: | Hazel. | |
| My shoe size: | 9. | |
| My star sign: | Taurus. | |
| My favourite book when child: | King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table, Roger Lancelyn Green. | |
| My favourite fictional character: | Scheherezade (1001 Nights). | |
| Books that inspired me to become a writer: | King Arthur, Lobsang Rampa, Moby Dick, Hemingway's stories, Eliot's poetry etc etc. | |
| My favourite author: | Raymond Carver. | |
| My ideal reading position: | In bed. | |
| My usual means of marking a place in a book: | Folding corner. I also scribble in books! | |
| My favourite time of year: | Spring. | |
| My favourite time of day: | 8:30am | |
| My best time for working: | 9:30am | |
| The first piece of work I was paid for was: | A short story, 'Beside Water' (£20). | |
| My favourite TV show: | Match of the Day. | |
| My favourite song: | 'Verdi Prati' (Handel). | |
| My favourite actor: | Pete Postlethwaite | |
| The creature comfort I would most unwillingly relinquish: | Red wine. | |
| My favourite sweet food: | Toast and marmalade. | |
| My favourite savory food: | Sardines. | |
| My typical bedtime is: | Midnight. | |
| My favourite year of childhood: | 11-12. | |
| My mousemat design: | Very boring. | |
| The tidiest place in my home is: | The bathroom. | |
| The untidiest place in my home is: | My office. | |
| The working tool I would least like to do without: | Computer. | |