Heroine Chic

I once had a patron follow me around the library pestering me with personal questions like "What's your favorite kind of car?" and "Where in the world would you most like to live?"  I found these questions rather bothersome but the patron assured me that he was on the level.  He said that he admired me and wanted to use me as the basis for his heroine in the detective novel that he was writing. I must admit that line was a new one on me.