Well, I've read 90 pages of Swing Time and really quite impressed. I found a YouTube interview with her with Charlie Rose when she was 24 and had published White Teeth. Quite fascinating and also learned that BBC paid 5 million (not sure if it was pound or dollars) for the rights to a TV series which was made and seemingly got quite good reviews. I'll see if I can get hold of this somehow.
The interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB4nF5WD8l8