My real name is Madeleine Wickham, under which I write dramas with an edge of humour. As Sophie Kinsella it's fast, all-out comedies, such as the 'Shopaholic' series.

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• Sophie Kinsella:

  I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book

• Sophie Kinsella:

  I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very g

• Sophie Kinsella:

  I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write

• Sophie Kinsella:

  If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get in

• Sophie Kinsella:

  My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas

• Sophie Kinsella:

  I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.

• Sophie Kinsella:

  People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxfo

• Sophie Kinsella:

  When I wrote my first book, 'The Tennis Party', my overriding concern was that I didn't write the a

• Sophie Kinsella:

  To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries

• Sophie Kinsella:

  I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of t