Simmone Howell

I am writer and a collector of books. My first book is Notes from the Teenage Underground, which won the 2007 Inky Awards. My second is Everything Beautiful. I like patios and those moments when it feels like the whole world is asleep.
 
Your favourite book as a child?

The Lorax – Dr Seuss

What's a book that made you cry?

How I Live Now – Meg Rosoff

A book that made you laugh?

My Desperate Love Diary – Liz Rettig

What are you currently reading?
Too much

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?

Yes

What’s your favourite reading place?
In bed or up a tree.

Who is the author you’d most like to meet? (living or dead)

Charles Willeford. (Dead)

Favourite book-to-film adaptation?

Ghost World

On a quiz show, your special subject would be:

Dodgy biographies written by wives and girlfriends of famous rock stars.

And what are you generally doing when you're not reading?

Housework.