“Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, 'Is this my life?', remember: It's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.”

English author

Sophie Kinsella is the pen name of Madeleine Sophie Wickham, an English author. She is best known for the Shopaholic series of novels, which made her a widely recognized bestselling writer. The series began with The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic in 2000 and continued with Shopaholic Abroad in 2001. The first two books were later adapted into the 2009 film Confessions of a Shopaholic.