interviewed on GMTV on Friday 24 October 2008, promoting "Breaking Me Down" and her new book Life Starts Now. Lawson's self-help/autobiography entitled Life Starts Now was released to stores on 28 November 2008. It follows Lawson's journey from hopeful unknown, through the audition process and beyond to her appearance on a major national television show. On 11 April 2009, it was announced on Lawson's Myspace page that she would be performing the female lead role in the West End production of Thriller – Live at The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. The show features the hit songs of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. Lawson's run lasted through from 14 April 2009 to March 2010. 2010–present: Emotional Rollercoaster In October 2010, Lawson signed a lingerie deal with Brastop to be the face and body of the brand for 2011. Lawson began her attempt to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in September 2011, by submitting the song "Champion". However, the song failed to reach the final. Lawson's second studio album, Emotional Rollercoaster, was produced by Brian Rawling. In a Myspace blog in 2011, Lawson revealed she had returned to the recording studio to re-record and remix some of the tracks. Emotional Rollercoaster is due out some time in 2014 through Right Track Music/Universal Music Operations. Lawson has been signed to Wilhelmina in the US, one of the most prominent model and celebrity agencies in the fashion industry with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Miami. Personal life Lawson gave birth to her first son in February 2008. She currently lives with her husband Lawrence and son in Canary Wharf, London. Lawson gave birth to her second child, a daughter, in January 2012. Discography Albums Singles Collaborations See also Brastop References External links 1975 births Living people 21st-century Black British women singers British contemporary R&B singers English women singer-songwriters Singers from London The X Factor (British TV series) contestants