Interview Novelists: “Many normal novelists have multiple personality, and make use of it when they write. What do you know about yours?”

Interviewers can simply include the question as something they ask routinely. Or, the question could be prefaced as follows: “You may consider this too personal—if so, I’ll understand—but many normal novelists have a form of multiple personality, and use it when they write. What do you know about yours?”

If the novelist responds defensively—with outrage, ridicule, or feigned ignorance of what you could possibly be talking about—drop the issue and move on.