The author on a kiss at a school disco in 1977, her love of Mini Cheddars and her hoard of 25,000 books
Born in Chichester, Mosse, 60, worked in publishing and in 1996 co-founded the Women’s prize for fiction. She went on to become a radio presenter before leaving to write Labyrinth – the first novel in her bestselling Languedoc Trilogy – which was published in 2005. Her books have been translated into 38 languages, and The City of Tears, the second in The Burning Chambers series, is out in paperback. She is married with two children and lives in Chichester.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Hoarding books: I have 25,000.
