Barbara Spencer

Q: What were you like at school?

Clever and dull!

Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?

A Tap Dancer!

Q: Which three words describe you best?

Hate Giving Up

Q: What makes you cringe?

People who say 'okay?' in reply to everything

Q: What are you afraid of?

The dark

Q: When did you last have a really good laugh?

Most days with my daughter and grandchildren!

Q: What is your most treasured possession?

The wooden camel that inspired my book - A Dangerous Game of Football

Q: What do you do as a hobby?

I write, play golf and write!

Q: What’s your favourite food?

chocolate cake

Q: What do you day dream about?

Going back to the West Indies as I spent many happy years living there when I was younger.

Q: What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve done?

I was on the committee to choose Miss World in 1970. Miss Grenada won the title that year.

Q: Do you feel younger or older than your current age?

In the mornings I feel younger - in the evenings, older!

Q: If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?

Daphne Du Maurier

Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?

Kindness

Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?

The Sudan, or Egypt, or Greece, or Jordan.....

Q: What would you most like to change about yourself?

My shape!

Q: What has life taught you?

The family and friends are your most imporatant possessions

Q: How long have you been a writer?

8 years

Q: Where do you do your writing?

In my bedroom, sometimes downstairs, sometimes by the window and sometimes in the garden. Anywhere really.

Q: What are the best and worst things about being an author?

You can be too reclusive, but you get to live your dreams.

Q: Where do you get your greatest ideas from?

They magically appear when I least expect them

Q: What do you do to combat “writers’ block”?

I make a cup of coffee and walk around the house.

Q: What was your favourite book as a child?

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

Q: What book do you wish you had written?

Harry Potter of course.

Q: What advice would you give to aspiring authors?

Never give up. Keep working, keep writing and never give up.