My new novel comes out in a few months, and I'm already dreaming about it, in anticipation. When I first began The Last Collection - A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel, I had no idea what kind of journey it would be. Every book is like that for me, an exploration, an investigation...a trip to other times and places. This journey was special, full of glamour and famous Parisian cafes, fascinating women and a rivalry to beat all rivalries. And love. New love, old love, hopeful love, impossible love. Always an important question: how to create our lives as we wish them to be, when it seems everything is about to fall apart.