Monique Roffey

New Year's Eve is not about having a big party for me. It's a time of reflection, and I often go on spiritual retreats.

'The White Woman on the Green Bicycle' is a love story mapped onto an unfolding political tragedy: that of the failure of the Independence era in Trinidad.

I was an observant but dreamy child. I had a lazy eye and wild curls.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.