Career
Trained as a graphic designer in Reading University and Harrow Art College her first book was "Spot Check", a stain removal manual which sold widely. In 1982 she wrote "The Royal Shopping Guide" which detailed the United Kingdom"s Royal Warrant Holders. Together with her old nanny, Nanny Smith she created the "Nanny Knows Best" series of books and the 1993 BBC1 television series of the same name.
In 2004 she wrote "The Big Book of Maine", started her "Get A Life" column for the Daily Telegraph and founded Life Clubs, a workshop-based system for self-development.
