I Spent Four Years Doing A Doctorate

Men Had No Purpose On Earth Whereas Women Were Gods Walking Unrecognized Among Them.

Because I Write Fiction, I Don't Write Autobiography, And To Me They Are Very Different Things. The First-person Narrative Is A Very Intimate Thing, But You Are Not Addressing Other People As 'i' - You Are Inhabiting That 'i.'

Not Being Published Would Be Great. When I Say That To Other Writers They Look At Me As If I'm Totally Insane.

I Had A Novel In The Back Of My Mind When I Won An Ian St James Story Competition In 1993. At The Award Ceremony An Agent Asked Me If I Was Writing A Novel. I Showed Her Four Or Five Chapters Of What Would Become 'behind The Scenes At The Museum' And To My Surprise She Auctioned Them Off.

What Did You Do When The Worst Thing That Could Happen To You Had Already Happened - How Did You Live Life Then? You Had To Hand It To Theo Wyre, Just Carrying On Living Required A Strength And Courage That Most People Didn't Have.