About Larissa_Laroux

Location: Surrey, England

Website: http://www.myspace.com/lara_says_hi

Favorite novels: Norweignan Wood, The Elephant Vanishes, A Wild Sheep Chase; all by Haruki Murakami, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Catcher in the Rye by J.D Sailinger, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Gone with the Wind by Margret Mitchel, White Teeth, Autograph Man and On Beauty by Zadie Smith, Life: A Users Manual by Georges Perec, Phantom by Susan Kay, Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime and A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon, Two Lives by Vikram Seth, A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian, A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Now I Know Why Caged Birds Sing by Maya Angelou

Favorite writers: Haruki Murakami, Zadie Smith, Anais Nin, Susan Kay and Sophie Kinsella

Favorite music: Music influences me so much. Too much. When I'm writing I have to listen to something without words like Bedouin Beats or Go Tan Porject; the only exception to this rule is Bjork's debut album and anything Bloc Party

Non-noveling interests: Belly dancing, fashion, shopping, spending time in parks, knitting, cooking, socialicing, philosophy and Costa Cafe hot chocolate