Jaime Winstone

My greatest inspiration... is my mum, who had a baby at the age of 42 and is still so fit, independent and beautiful.

I tend to write more when I travel.

I've done quite a lot of growing up in public, which has been tricky at times.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.