It was wonderful writing somewhere so naturally inspiring, although at home I usually just write in my spare room. At night there were these incredible lightning storms over the lake. #3: Where is your favourite place to write? I wrote a lot of Being Miss Nobody while I was staying in northern Italy, sitting on a balcony overlooking Lake Lugano. She always struck me as a character who just needed a good girl friend. Maybe lend her a nice dress, that kind of thing. I’d tell her to throw a ‘jilted’ party, instead of being sad and bitter about it and playing card games the whole time.

I’d take the opportunity to teach her a bit about girl power, how to get over heart break, how being a spinster is actually really cool, particularly if you own a massive house. Who do you pick? I think it would have to be Miss Havisham from Great Expectations. #2: You’re stuck in a lift with a fictional literary character. It’s awesome to see so many young people recognizing sexism, and standing up for equal rights, especially on social media. Whenever I pointed out something sexist when I was a teenager, people would laugh or say there is no such thing as sexism! It was seriously annoying.

I wish feminism was cool when I was younger, like it is now. #1: You can travel back in time and give 14-year-old you a book you’ve read recently what do you choose? Dear Ijeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Tamsin Winter is the author of Usborne’s stunning June debut, Being Miss Nobody.

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