. >> i've seen her in san tropei. a mummied figured. >> you were? >> you were in san tropei. >> when i came to america, being english, i threw myself by the pool every day. i thought, this is fantastic, i had the most glorious sun tan. i said this is the most boring thing i can possibly think of and i can be bothered to go in the sun now. being in ap air conditioned house writing characters. >> 400 million books you've sold. >> yeah. >> can't be many people alive you sold more books. >> i've been doing it for such a long time. >> what is the secret of continuing to write books that people buy in such huge numbers, do you think? >> i think i write characters that people are interested in. lucky santangelo is a james bond for women. she's a character that women take power from. i get tweets and letters from my female fans who go, i broke up with my boyfriend and i was going to lie on the bathroom floor and cry and sob. and i thought, what would lucky do. i thought, screw it, i'm going to go do what she would do. women have to look after themselves. th