Emily Maguire is the author of Taming the Beast and The Gospel According to Luke.
What is your favourite quotation?
Hope hard to fall always short of success - Richard Hugo.
What or who inspired you to become a writer?
Despair.
Which book would you make compulsory reading?
Writings on an Ethical Life - Peter Singer.
Who is your favourite character (from a book)?
Jane Eyre.
Which fictional character would you most like to be?
God.
How do you relax?
Work relaxes me. Everything else makes me tense.
What makes you stressed?
Not working.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Feeling sad is often an appropriate response to the world. Changing one's response is not the answer; working to change the world, is.
What makes you happiest?
A good day's work.
What or who is most important to your well-being?
My families - the one I was fortunate enough to be born into and the one I've managed to gather around myself over the years.