Well there are a lot of things I like to eat but at this time of year I'm finding I'm making fig and chèvre salad at least once a week and that's a combo that's hard to beat.

Floating in a lake, lying in a hammock, playing a bit of Scrabble...that's what I'm in need of.

Body-con dresses have never been something I've been into.

I'm a gastronome first and foremost. I have several bookshelves in my home full of cookbooks, foodie magazines and food writer books and I am always on the hunt for a great recipe or local foodie haunt to try.

We are so excited for what's next. I think that's what I love most about it, the energy and the excitement that comes from that.

Even when I'm writing in character I'm normally still writing about things I know or things that have happened to me or using that character to start an exploration of my own consciousness. Really though, any character that you can examine is just an examination of a part of your own consciousness.

OK, Rule number 1: Unless you're served in a frosted glass, never come within 4 feet of my lips.