Amber Benson

I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because I'm doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times. ”

You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time. ”