A lot of your work is written from the male point of view and you've often talked about how often people are surprised that you're female because your name is genderless. I think for me in some ways that continuum probably comes from being adopted and replacing a dead boy who's nine or ten years older than I am. So I think definitely a part of my soul inhabits that space in some way and feels very comfortable there. And also it's interesting and I learned this in some ways from Grace Paley.
Best known for her controversial novels featuring extreme situations and characters, A.M. Homes discusses her most recent book, The Unfolding, and her remarkable career authoring thirteen extraordinarily original books.