As well as finding out why YOU love Sophie Kinsella, we decided to ask some authors and people in the publishing world why they love Sophie Kinsella as well, just to see if she had huge appeal amongst her fellow authors too, so here we go!

Kate Johnson: “She wrote such a lovely hero in Luke that I named my own favourite hero after him!”

Victoria Connelly: “I love Sophie Kinsella because … because she writes the very best romantic comedies around! Her heroines are adorable and totally identifiable, her heroes are always gorgeous (I’m still in love with Nathaniel from The Undomestic Goddess) and she has plenty of laugh out loud moments which never fail to brighten up a reader’s day.”

Clodagh Murphy: “What I love about Sophie Kinsella is that she’s very funny - one of the funniest chick lit writers, in my opinion.”

Jill Mansell: “I love Sophie Kinsella’s books because they’re so feel-good, so funny, so cleverly plotted and so beautifully written. The style is deceptively simple but impossible to replicate. No one else writes like Sophie Kinsella, although many have tried. And her characters are flawed but loveable - traits we all secretly wish we could possess!”

Lynsey Dalladay (Transworld Pubs): “I love Sophie Kinsella because she created Becky Bloomwood! Every time I open a credit card bill with a sense of foreboding I think of Becky and laugh. Sophie Kinsella has the magical touch of making our everyday problems larger than life and intensely funny. There is a little bit of Becky in all of us! “

Polly Andrews (Transworld pubs): I love Sophie Kinsella because she’s a great comic writer. Becky Bloomwood gets in to bottom-clenchingly embarrassing situations and yet you love her for it. I don’t know one girl who hasn’t justified a purchase the way Becky does. Sophie’s comic timing is also impeccable and she’s got an eye for creating hilarious but believable characters that you know you’ll miss once you’ve put that book down. Every time the proof of the new Kinsella arrives at the publishers, there are whispers of excitement through the corridors and all the available copies seem to hop off my shelves and into people’s handbags without me noticing. A new Shopaholic is one of those treats you wish you could savour but you end up gulping down in one and snorting embarrassingly throughout. Sophie Kinsella’s novels are timely, witty and have a big heart – much like the lady herself!

Ruth Saberton: “I think the reason I love Sophie Kinsella’s writing so much is because although it’s laugh out loud funny and so easy to read she deals with really relevant and serious issues by tempering them with humour. I remember the first time I read “The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic” and although I was laughing at all the things Becky does to try and solve her financial problems I also recognised that there was an awful lot of truth in the humour. It’s so easy to get into debt and many times I’ve used Becky’s flawed logic to justify buying the same shoes in different colours (They’re in the sale so it’s saving money!) and who hasn’t bought a lottery ticket and convinced themselves that they’re bound to win that night and solve all their problems? I think Kinsella’s gift is that she manages to tune into the zeitgeist but in such a fresh and light hearted way that the reader doesn’t mind laughing at herself as well as at Becky’s antics. Her novels also make the reader think and examine their own lives and relationships.

Sasha Wagstaff: I love Sophie Kinsella because I think she’s one of the key players when it comes to writers of classic ‘chick lit’. Her characters are instantly likeable as well as relatable and we’re rooting for them from the first couple of pages. Kinsella writes stories that flow easily…ones that can be devoured in one sitting and that’s a sign of a great writer, in my opinion. ‘Easy reading’ doesn’t mean ‘easy writing’…it’s a tricky thing to pull off and not every writer manages it. I loved the ‘Shopaholic’ series and I am catching up with the stand alone books at the moment. They are great fun, hugely enjoyable and a pleasure to read…here’s hoping there are plenty more in the pipeline!

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