I'm Glad I Was Never

[in 16th Century European Society] Marriage Was The Triumphal Arch Through Which Women, Almost Without Exception, Had To Pass In Order To Reach The Public Eye. And After Marriage Followed, In Theory, The Total Self-abnegation Of The Woman.

Normally I Make Myself Swim, Do Exercises. For Zest I Like Going To The Cinema.

People In My Books Tend To Get Their Just Deserts, Even If Not At The Hands Of The Police.

I Can't Read Historical Fiction Because I Find The Real Thing So Much More Interesting.

I Have No Plans For A Future Jemima Shore Mystery, But Would Write One Tomorrow If A Good Idea Came To Me.