Who was that author interviewed on NPR?

It was about half a year or so ago.

Here are all the details I can remember:
– She was sarcastic and pessimistic but spirited
– She said she hated to work in all forms; she hated writing the moment it became a job (for a newspaper)
– She owns an old white-ish car that costs her thousands of dollars for new spark plugs
– She at one time in her life supported herself by selling off all her furniture
– She strongly believed that any TV show would have been better with one author
– She had recently made an audiobook of some of her earlier work, which was the impetus for the interview.