Winterson

Which suggests to Winterson, “that maybe we just have to shut the fuck up and be quiet to see ghosts.

Winterson had four novels under her belt by the time she appeared on the list in 1993, aged only 33, “so didn’t need the boost”, she says, but it would have made “a huge difference” if it had happened earlier in her career.

In her memoir, Winterson writes about growing up as a lesbian in the industrial North of England in the 60s in a deeply religious family.

Sophie Winterson of Hamptons adds: "Retirees downsize from the Hampshire villages to be within walking distance of the amenities.

I was blown away by the charm of Jeanette Winterson's voice in her inventive remaking of Napoleonic history.