My hair colour:	Auburn.
My eye colour:	Green.
My shoe size:	6.
My star sign:	Virgo.
My favourite book when child:	Treasure Island.
My favourite fictional character:	Captain Starlight from Robbery Under Arms.
Books that inspired me to become a writer:	Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones and I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.
My favourite author:	Diana Wynne Jones and Ian McEwan.
My ideal reading position:	In bed.
My usual means of marking a place in a book:	I remember the page number.
My favourite time of year:	Summer.
My favourite time of day:	any time except between one and four in the afternoon.
My best time for working:	Morning.
The first piece of work I was paid for was:	First job: in a fireworks factory. First writing: a film review for the Sunday Australian.
My favourite TV show:	This Life.
My favourite piece of song:	Green Grow the Rushes-o..
My favourite actor:	Geoffrey Rush.
The creature comfort I would most unwillingly relinquish:	Hot water.
My favourite sweet food:	Summer pudding.
My favourite savory food:	Avocados.
My typical bedtime is:	11pm.
My favourite year of childhood:	10.
My mousemat design:	I use a laptop. But I've got a mouse mat with the cover of Beyond The Labyrinth on it, made when I toured Hong Kong schools in 1998.
The tidiest place in my home is:	My bedroom.
The untidiest place in my home is:	My study.
The working tool I would least like to do without:	My laptop.