“I was lucky because my upbringing was so eccentric. It has helped me cope with unreal situations.”

English writer and former fashion model

Sophie Dahl is an English writer and former fashion model. She is known for her books and for turning her name into a presence across fiction, cookery, and television. Her first book, the novella The Man With The Dancing Eyes, appeared in 2003, followed by the novel Playing With The Grown-Ups in 2007. She later wrote Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights in 2009, which became the basis for the six-part BBC cooking series The Delicious Miss Dahl in 2010. Her second cookbook, From Season to Season, was published in 2011.