and Albert: A Royal Love Affair (2017) Poetry anthologies Essential Poems for the Way We Live Now (2005) Essential Poems for Children: First Aid for Frantic Parents (2005) Poems to Last a Lifetime (2004) Essential Poems to Fall in Love With (2003) 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life (2003) 101 Poems to Get You Through the Day and Night: A Survival Kit for Modern Life (2003) 101 Poems to Keep You Sane: Emergency Rations for the Seriously Stressed (2003) 101 Poems To Help You Understand Men (and Women) (2003) Charities Trustee of the London Library since 2018. Trustee of the Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival founded by the cellist Natalie Clein 2022 Joined the board of the Women's Prize for Playwriting in 2022. Action for Children Chair of Women Taking Action, Action for Children (formerly National Children's Home). Maggie's 100 Poems to see You Through (2014). An anthology of poems with all proceeds going to Maggie's Centres. References External links 1961 births Living people 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English women writers English television producers English women novelists Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Westminster School, London Women anthologists British women television producers