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I started writing 'Brick Lane' when my children were two years and five months old. We were on holiday in the north of England when I was overtaken by a compulsion to start writing.

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Character is always my driving force. And to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read.

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I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work.

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I wish I got a lie-in on Saturday mornings but I never do.

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I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which is the real job - and then there's always a period when the book comes out and you have to lift your head and venture out.

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Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about my writing and my children and other things that are pertinent.

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You know how if you're born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I've never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down.

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I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as a writer, I suppose.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: October 20th, 1967

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