My biggest source of inspiration is listening to people's conversations. I'm a big eavesdropper.

In the winter, my failsafe dinner party menu has to be my roast chicken or a creamy fish pie with mashed potatoes on top, followed by something like a tarte tatin. My cooking style is quite homely.

After my eye test, I was told I was showing symptoms of glaucoma. I realised - but only in retrospect - that pains in my eyes and the feeling of pressure that I had been experiencing must have been because of that. I'd assumed they were symptoms of migraines.

I'm such a sucker for the Tiffany blue box.

Ricky and I met aged 22 at University College London.

The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs are great for exercise.

The idea of appearing in front of an audience or on live TV terrifies me.

I never show my books to Ricky. His writing is very different, and anyway, he's only read one novel in his life: 'The Catcher in the Rye.'

When I started working from home, I made a promise to myself to go out at least once a day.

I started out working as a script editor and storyliner.