Jane Green : (4) " As a child, growing up in Hampstead, North London, I was shockingly fair-skinned. Holidays involved me spending the second and third day face-down on a bed, shrieking should anyone touch my blistered skin. " - Jane Green " When you’re working from home and you’ve got children, a big night out is going to Pizza Express down the road. " - Jane Green " For me, ‘Bookends’ marks the start of my foray into commercial fiction, away from what has always been thought of as more traditional chick lit – single girl in the city trips around in Manolos looking for Mr. Right. " - Jane Green " I consider myself pretty fearless, but the one thing I have always been frightened of is cancer. " - Jane Green