This week's author is Sheila Curran, whose debut Diana Lively is Falling Down I defy you not to want to read once you see who Sheila would like to play her characters in a film!
Please describe your latest book in 15 words or fewer:
Romantic comedy about how living in Arizona for a year helps a desperate British housewife/architect and her family rediscover themselves. Rapunzel meets Little Miss Sunshine. [That's way more than 15 words, but I love the last sentence so I'll let her off! - Keris]
Where do you like to write your books (in bed, a coffee shop, an office)?
I sit in a comfy chair, feet on an ottoman, with my laptop.
Your favourite chick-lit book?
It's a tie: Bridget Jones's Diary and I Don't Know How She Does It.
Your favourite female heroine (if different from above!), and why?
Ellen Foster, an eleven year old narrator in this absolutely captivating and delicious novel by Kaye Gibbons
What tips would you give to any of our readers who want to become writers?
Don't give up on yourself, don't worry about getting published, just write everyday and when it's time, it will happen.
What are you reading at the moment?
Breathing Underwater, by Lu Vickers. Brilliant.
What are you working on now? (If you can give us a hint!)
The working title is Lucy Vargas is Turning Around. Romantic comedy set in the south. Jane Eyre meets Bleak House.
What question have you never been asked in an interview, but think you should have been? (Tell us the question and answer it too, if you like!)
If your book were a movie, who'd play the leads?
Diana Lively - Diane Lane; Ted - Colin Firth or James Spader; Wally - Clive Owen, Jeff Bridges or the guy who plays Tony Soprano; Humphrey - a younger Jude Law or Johnny Depp
Thanks, Sheila!
