I Thought It Was Something Peculiar To

It Took A Brave Editor In The U.s. To Sign A Contract For Dancing Girls, And Without Her Belief In The Book, I'm Not Sure It Would Ever Have Found Its Way Into Print.

Every Year I Teach Dozens Of Students At The University Of Birmingham. Most Of The Students On The Gender And Sexuality Courses Are Women. I Guess This Is Because The Boys Don't Think That Gender Applies To Them: That It's A Subject For Girls.

I Bought A Selection Of Short, Romantic Fiction Novels, Studied Them, Decided That I Had Found A Formula And Then Wrote A Book That I Figured Was The Perfect Story. Thank Goodness It Was Rejected.

Sometimes I Like To Play The Soundtracks To Famous Musicals So We Can All Sing Along. South Pacific Is One Of My Favorites. Our Neighbors Must Hate Us.

I Can't Pick Out One Single Book That Had Such A Profound Personal Impact.