For most authors – even quite successful ones – having widespread retail distribution is a pipe dream. So how do you buy their books?

If there’s a fifth main character in The Dubrovnik Book Club, it’s Knjizara Svih Nacija, the bookshop itself. It was named by my Croatian collaborator, Darko, and translates literally as The Bookshop Where All Are Welcome. Isn’t that lovely?

Dream way to spend Sunday afternoon: In the archive at the Sponza Palace – if only it opened at weekends.

Favourite book: Last week it was Me Before You, this week it’s Good Girl Bad Blood. Who knows what next week will bring? Isn’t that the joy of reading?

Greatest extravagance: Most likely his last girlfriend, Didi.

Contents of her handbag: Antibac liquid, antibac wipes, mask, packed lunch – homemade by her gran, purse, phone, lip gloss… and another bottle of antibac, just in case.