How do you get your hair to look so flawlessly ‘bedhead style’ all the time?

I get asked this a lot. The secret is lots of mud and putty type hair product, and it helps if you only wash your hair twice a week. 

Also, whenever you can, tuck yourself up on the couch with a good book in one hand and a great margarita in the other and just lie there. Avoid all temptation to do housework, gardening, exercise or anything that requires you to put bras or pants on and just lie around letting your hair meld into the couch cushions to perfect your bedhead look.

Did you really drink margaritas out of your toddler’s Sippy cups? 

I get asked this a lot too. I am not sure why though, because it seemed like a perfectly reasonable thing to do - even now, looking back. (If you had seen the size of the spiders in my shed near the ladder, you would agree with me.)

Is it true that famous Australian radio personality Jeremy Cordeaux once described you as having the most exquisite blend of authority, sensuality and zest of any female voice he had ever heard on-air?

Yes, it is quite true, although we had both had quite a few red wines that afternoon.   

Did you really bump into Eddie Izzard in a coffee shop in Adelaide?

The amazingly talented actor and comedian was in Adelaide filming the terrific movie The Flip Side a few years ago. I was living in Adelaide at the time, but was unable to stalk them as I did not know they were here. 

However, in my dreams (sometimes on that strange island with the spider-covered pineapples from my book), I do imagine meeting Eddie in a coffee shop and having an extremely pleasant chat about the weather, and pineapples.

Is it true that Margarita cocktails can be consumed as part of a balanced diet?

Absolutely, check out page 27 of my book, A MARGARITA MEMOIR.

Why do you live in South Australia, Australia, when you could live and write from anywhere in the world?

Because it feels like home and when you are ‘at home’ physically, in your head and in your heart, you will be the happiest. And when you are truly happy, you will be at your best, always!