How did you decide to morph into Sophie Kinsella?
I didn’t want to confuse my existing readers. I felt instinctively that this was a new, fresh voice and it should be under a different name. It was like I was starting again. So Sophie is my middle name, Kinsella is my mother’s maiden name, and when I put them together, they just seemed to fit perfectly. Your books are sometimes described as chick-lit. Is that what you would call them? I describe them as comedies. I don’t really define them by gender. I’m not deliberately writing for women. I’m writing to make people laugh. What’s it like writing with a five-month-old son? [Kinsella also has three other sons, ages 5, 12 and 14.] In some ways it’s easier to sit writing around a baby than it is older children, who require your attention and your thoughts. You can’t get away [with older kids] going la-dee-la-dee-la-dee-la, I’m thinking through that little plot twist that isn’t working. You actually have to say, “OK, [do] your homework.” How long does it take you to write a book typically?
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