Name: Kate McAuley
Age: 36
Location: Australian-born, London-based (for the moment)
Occupation: writer
Website: www.i-am-not-a-celebrity.com

List:
Goose, the cat.
A broken shell – the first thing my beloved ever gave me not long after we met Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Jade and silver earrings bought by my beloved at the souq in Muscat, Oman.
Silver cuff bought by my beloved at a market in Douala, Cameroon.
My grandmother’s copy of the complete works of Oscar Wilde (most of my books are in storage at the moment).
Link bracelet bought by my beloved at a market in Cyprus.
Flapjack succulents struck from my mum’s plant in Sydney.
Money plant struck from favorite plant in my yard in Dubai.
Orchid given to me for my birthday last week (if you could see the flowers, you’d understand).
Handful of notebooks where I make plans and write prose for my novels and the other bits and pieces I’m commissioned to produce.
Mac book pro with an almost finished novel, photographs and music hiding somewhere safe inside.
iPhone (for reasons obvious).
Bronze statue bought in the markets in Douala, Cameroon.
Silver, glittery Manolo Blahniks.
Green woven hat from Sydney.
Framed photographs of us at The Grand Canyon and outside The Louvre.
The baby cactuses I got in Ikea, just because I love them and I’m so happy I’ve been able to keep them alive for more than a year.