I care about a lot of issues. I care about libraries, I care about healthcare, I care about homelessness and unemployment. I care about net neutrality and the steady erosion of our liberties both online and off. I care about the rich/poor divide and the rise of corporate business.

Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.

An Aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my notebook. And I don't intend to choose between my e-reader and my bookshelf.

My father could talk about the Romany way of life and its culture. He could talk about freedom and the Scottish spirit. But that was all he could talk about. I was desperate for someone to talk to but there was just nobody there.

At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other.