Maria Lewis is an author and journalist based in Australia. She has contributed to many well known publications, including Empire, The New York Times and BuzzFeed.We interviewed Maria in Birmingham Waterstones, whilst she was over here touring her first book, Who's Afraid. Her press officer, and all round lovely person Nazia Khatun was also present.We were running a little short on time for the interview as Maria had to give a talk, but the time we did have was used very constructively.