Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Sinéad Crowley, author of The Belladonna Maze

1. I am very bad at running, but I love it. I have a heavy, flat-footed technique once compared to the approaching dinosaurs in Jurassic Park – you know that scene? Where the water in the glass wobbles? – and my knees would rather I took up knitting but I love plodding around the park, ear pods in, listening to an audio book which is on double speed even when I am not. It’s my time out, my head space and it makes me very happy.

2. I am very bad at passing bookshops and I could do with an extra room – make that an extra house – to store my books. But I’m the woman to talk to if you want to buy a book as a present and need a recommendation. Go on, try me – I love a challenge!

3. I am very bad at wearing high heels and the older I get the less I want to try it. Most nights out in my twenties ended with me standing in my bare feet at a taxi rank and I couldn’t be happier that Doc Martens and trainers are now back in fashion. And even if they weren’t I would still be clumpy of foot now, and light of heart.

4. I am very bad at ironing. I’ll let you into a secret – those crinkles smooth right out when you Just Wear The Clothes.