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I grew up in Liverpool and yes, I'm the stereotype - a warm-blooded enthusiast who likes nothing better than swinging between a good laugh and a good cry, and to whom silence is alien. People are endlessly interesting, there's so much about the world that I need you to know, and it's such a pleasure to read to you! I'm the author of Joe Faber and the Optimists, a novel prompted by the experience of my husband's stroke, and serious comedy is the furrow I'm still ploughing now.