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I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.

Flannery O'Connor was a revelation for me. When I read her, I was very young, and I didn't understand what she was doing. I didn't see any of the Catholicism or any of the social stuff.

Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible.

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I am nervous. My favourite British author is Jane Austen, and my favourite American one is John O'Hara.

I like to read Octavia E. Butler's 'Wild Seed' over and over again. And J. California Cooper's 'The Wake of the Wind.' That one makes me cry from joy. I'll mourn - I'll actually mourn - and then I'll cry from joy. She's wonderful.

I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter.

I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.