I was called a feminist, and what I heard was, 'You are an angry, sex-hating, man-hating victim lady person.' This caricature is how feminists have been warped by the people who fear feminism most, the same people who have the most to lose when feminism succeeds.

We assume whiteness is the default because whiteness, historically, has been the default. This is one of the many reasons diverse representation matters so much. We need to change the default.

I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't.

I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition.

I never imagined that I would be the kind of person who is recognized when I am out and about just living my life.

Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.