"When I had the idea for 'Shopaholic', it was as though a light switched on. I realised I actually wanted to write comedy. No apologies, no trying to be serious, just full-on entertainment. The minute I went with that and threw myself into it, it felt just like writing my first book again - it was really liberating."

(Sophie Kinsella, pseudonimo di Madeleine Sophie Wickham nata Townley, scrittrice e giornalista; Londra, 12 dicembre 1969 – Dorset, 10 dicembre 2025)