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'In another life I'd have been a Thomas Hardy heroine'

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20080303
Author:GJ Buckell

The 5-minute Interview

Freya North

Novelist

North, 40, has published nine novels since her debut in 1996. Her latest book, 'Pillow Talk', won the 2008 Romantic Novel of the Year Award.

If I weren't talking to you right now I'd be...

Riding my horse bareback. I now practise natural horsemanship which is utterly compelling, and a fantastic balance to sitting at a computer, which I've been doing all my life.

A phrase I use too often is...

Gordon Bennett! I asked my daughter who the Prime Minister was and she said Gordon Bennett.

I wish people would take more notice of...

What's above eye level. ...

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