That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When characters are unlikable, they don’t meet our mutable, varying standards. Certainly we can find kinship in fiction, but literary merit shouldn’t be dictated by whether we want to be friends or lovers with those about whom we read.

So often feminism is built up as this thing where you have to be perfect. You have to be consistent and you can't ever deviate. That's just not realistic.

With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one's reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write.

My dad is a workaholic so I take after him in this respect.

Feminism is definitely a part of everything I do.

Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about.

Writing has always allowed me to escape. I was a very lonely child. Because I was very socially awkward, I would always have trouble making friends. And so reading and writing allowed me to have friends and to have an active imaginary life that really sort of kept me sane.