I'm interested in the relationship between site and identity. How does where we are impact on who we are? And what challenges have women faced historically? Also, what can history tell us about the present? This was the starting point for Whorticulture, my novel about four migrant women in antebellum America.   I trained as an artist and like my writing to reflect all the senses. My favourite authors include Jeanette Winterson, Angela Carter, Truman Capote, F Scott Fitzgerald for how they use language;  David Mitchell for his structuring devices; the Russian classics for plot and character...