How do you feel knowing you’re seen as a role model to women and young people around the world?
When I meet people in my signing lines, many women often tell me that reading my work first makes them proud of who they are and of their identities, and secondly, excited about writing themselves.
They’d tell me: “Your work got me into reading again!” or “Your work made me curious about all these other fields!”
That’s the best possible feeling to have when you are a stepping stone in somebody else’s intellectual journey.
Just at this festival, at least hundreds of people told me that reading my work made them feel like they could write their own stories based on their own views and lived experiences – and that’s amazing.
