| My hair colour: | Dark mouse - not much of it. | |
| My eye colour: | Hazel | |
| My shoe size: | 10 | |
| My star sign: | Pisces | |
| My favourite book when child: | The Narnia Novels by C. S. Lewis. | |
| My favourite fictional character: | Jonathan Toomey, without a doubt. | |
| Books that inspired me to become an illustrator: | The Snow Man by Raymond Briggs and various books illustrated by Arthur Rackham. | |
| My favourite author: | Roddy Doyle. | |
| My ideal reading position: | Slouching. | |
| My usual means of marking a place in a book: | Bookmark - never dog-eared pages! | |
| My favourite time of year: | Early summer. | |
| My favourite time of day: | Twilight on a hot summer evening. | |
| My best time for working: | Afternoon, but if it's going well I stick at it until the early hours of the morning. | |
| The first piece of writing I was paid for was: | My first published piece was a little drawing for an advertisement for "Baby's Nappy Stacker". I got £10. | |
| My favourite TV show: | Friends. | |
| My favourite actor: | Kimberley Davies. | |
| My favourite song: | "My funny Valentine" | |
| My favourite savory food: | Garlic-laden pizza/ | |
| My favourite sweet food: | I don't have a sweet tooth but I'll have a few chocolates at Christmas. | |
| My typical bedtime is: | Half past midnight. | |
| My favourite year of childhood (age 4-16): | Four. | |
| My mousemat design: | I don't even have a computer. | |
| The tidiest place in my home is: | My living room. | |
| The untidiest place in my home is: | My studio. | |
| The working tool I would least like to do without: | Pencil sharpener. | |
| The creature comfort I would most unwillingly go without: | It would be hard to live without coffee. | |