Adele Parks: ‘If I could edit my past, I’d be fitter younger’
The author on the habit she can’t control, the writer she’s never read, and the true love of her life (it’s not her husband)
TL;DR
- Adele Parks, 57, is a prolific author who has published a novel every year since her debut in 2000.
- She was awarded an MBE in 2022 for her contributions to literature and is an ambassador for literacy charities.
- Parks identifies speaking negatively to herself and laziness as traits she deplores.
- Her most embarrassing moment involved unconsciously putting her thumb in her mouth during an important meeting.
- She describes herself as enthusiastic, resilient, and empathetic, and wishes her superpower was teleportation with clothes.
- Parks regrets not being fitter younger and considers words her greatest love, more than her husband.
- She has never read any Salman Rushdie books and her guiltiest pleasure is staying home to play Scrabble.
- Her greatest achievement is how much her son loves her, despite her demanding career.