Behind the Scenes With Freida McFadden

What’s your most unusual writing habit?

“I write about 70 per cent of my first drafts on my iPad, dictating to Siri.”

What’s the first thing you do after finishing a draft?

“I immediately start rereading it to see if it’s any good!”

Where is your favourite place to write?

“On my living room sofa, so that everyone can bother me maximally. The cat especially loves to walk over my keyboard repeatedly. I finally let her write part of one of my books.”

What is your favourite word to use in prose?

“My readers would probably say it’s ‘crimson’! I apparently use that word to describe the colour of blood a lot (and there’s a lot of blood in my books), although to be fair, Wikipedia says that adjective is accurate. Also, it was my undergrad university’s official colour, so it must be stuck in my head.”

If your characters could critique you, what would they say?

“Freida, why are you so mean to us?”