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Children make you a better everything. Daughters open up a whole different sensibility to you. When you have children, it focuses you on them as opposed to on yourself.

As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.

I have friends who have daughters and there's times I think I'm glad I have boys instead of girls.

My children, who are almost two: watching them develop has made me pay much closer attention to how we become who we are.

I love exploring the relationship between fathers and daughters. I think that's a special thing, especially with daughters who are dealing with being adults.

I do see the world as being different for girls - especially now, having daughters.

I have seven beautiful grandchildren, four of whom are girls.

Raising three girls, I think it's important to teach them to support other women.

I think as women we've always been very used to growing up reading and identifying with male protagonists, especially in fantasy. There's a saying in publishing that girls will read about boys, but boys will only read about boys, and it's important to give women strong heroines.