Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. May 8, 1958
Birthday: May 8
If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.
source: "Writing Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" by Roddy Doyle, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.
topic: Mother, Princess, Small Rooms, Duran Duran