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I teach a lot of graduate creative writing classes, and on the first day, I like to go around the room and ask everybody what's the last book you've read that you really loved. And all of the women tend to give me chick lit titles. And to me, that's sort of disappointing because it's their only exposure to fiction somehow.

Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore.

I still tend to read more urban fantasy and romance than science-fiction, but every once in a while, a couple of books will come along and knock my socks off.

I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write and then other people say, 'Oh, that's chick-lit.' You say, 'Okay.' But it's not like you look around and go to a careers fair and there will be someone at the chick-lit author stand.

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy.

Recently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel.

Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep.