You are at some point exposed to a wonderful story, and you really want to know what happens next, so you learn to read in order to find out.

When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up.

Where I live, there is a group of fans who take me out to tea every year to pick my brains about what's coming up.

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