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| Interview with Monica Ali by Debbie Taylor MONICA ALI looks like a dancer: petite and poised, sitting cross-legged on a chair in her white kitchen. Five-year-old Felix, off school with a chesty cough, is plugged happily into a video game upstairs and his whoops of glee bounce down the beige-carpeted stairs and along the blonde laminate floor towards us. There’s a For Sale sign outside the compact little Victorian terrace in East Dulwich, but it won’t be up for long. The place is just what the House Doctor ordered. Ali is apologetic about having to rush off straight after the interview. ‘When I have a non-writing day, I try to fit as many things into it as possible,’ she says. When we’ve finished, she’s off for a meeting with her publisher – leaving Felix with a nanny – then on to ‘a fundraising thing at the Planetarium’. It’s clear she’s been through the interview rigmarole many times before. ‘They usually want me to sit here,’ she offers when I get out the camera. Then, later: ‘It’s a relief to talk about writing for a change. Journalists always want to know… For the whole interview, read Issue 24 » Subscribe! Go to » Monica Ali's Method |
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For more on MONICA ALI, go to www.contemporarywriters.com
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