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.

I only feel the pressure when we are coming up against a deadline and it's like, actually no we really have to nail this in a week!

The first item I designed for a real person was when I was about 10 and I made my first item of clothing for myself.

I don't know if I'm all that famous. When I first started my idea of what a career in fashion would look like is very different to the reality now.

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.

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.

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