Jacqueline Wilson
English novelist
When I was in my 30s and taped myself singing. I always thought I had quite a sweet voice – my voice is terrible, I can’t hold a note.
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Not winning Celebrity MasterChef. I am still gutted, despite many months of pretending to be fine with it.
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Romantic love – what a con. (I do still believe in it.)
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I am my biggest disappointment.
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My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.
Perimenopausal anxiety, the terrible feeling of impending doom, something awful happening to my children, writing deadlines. Apart from that, I’m quite chilled.
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