Lauren Miller

Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself.

Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to be harder.

From a very young age, I wanted to be an actor, but I lived in a very small town in Florida where there weren't any opportunities for that.

I love Hindi films.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

In 1938, I was given a one-year teaching appointment, which was sensational for British universities. This was converted into the usual four-year contract for an Assistant Lecturer in 1939.