Gender	Female
Introduction	I write for children and young adults. In my spare time, I sometimes mess about in plays. The literary character who most resembles me (apart from a trivial difference of gender) is Arthur Dent: perpetually lost and subject to the whims of improbability drive, but in spite of it all doggedly in search of a cup of tea
Interests	Books, theatre, art, history, city life, swimming, the sea, Venice
Favorite movies	Really looking forward to seeing Deathly Hallows II
Favorite music	Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Favorite books	Too many to list. At the moment I'm reading Henning Mankell

If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying 'poop deck'?

Sorry, I don't see how that's funny ...?