The List: 10 things Joy Fielding, the queen of genre fiction, can’t live without

1 | My mental stimulants
I start every day with a coffee and a Sudoku. I’m not good at actual math, but for some reason I’m really good at math puzzles. I also like crosswords, acrostics, really any kind of brain tease—but not the cryptic crosswords. I don’t understand those.
2 | My Porsche
I’ve never cared much about cars, but I saw a Porsche Panamera on the street last year and I was smitten. I had to have one. I’m terrified of it. It feels like you’re in the cockpit of a plane—only I have baby seats for my grandkids in the back.
3 | My lady head vases
4 | My sexy underwear
5 | My golf clubs
I was reluctant to take up golf, because I always thought it was something old people did. I’ve completely come around to it. I’m a mediocre golfer—a 24 handicap. Sometimes I get very frustrated. I used to throw my clubs after a bad tee-off, but I’m trying to curb that.
6 | My vintage brooches
nice collection.
7 | My sugar fix
This past summer I ate a blueberry bun from Harbord Bakery every morning. I think I gained five pounds. Luckily they stopped making them in the fall—although now I’m back onto sour jujubes, which I buy in bulk from Longo’s.
8 | My daughter’s CD
A couple of years ago, my daughter Shannon recorded an album of original songs in Nashville. I listen to it all the time.
9 | My Uggs
Articles about me always mention my slippers. I never used to think anything of it, but I’m always wearing them. It’s funny: I have all these wonderful high heels that I buy because they look great, but I can’t walk
in them.
10 | My guardian angel
(Images: Liam Mogan)