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Daisy Georgia Goodwin (born 19 December 1961) is an English screenwriter, TV producer and novelist. She is the creator of the ITV/ PBS show Victoria which has sold to 146 countries. She has written four novels: My Last Duchess or The American Heiress, The Fortune Hunter, Victoria, and “Diva”; all of which have been New York Times bestsellers and have been translated into more than ten languages. She has also curated eight poetry anthologies, including 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life. Goodwin spent twenty-five years working as a TV producer, where she created and produced shows like Grand Designs which has now been on Channel 4 for more than twenty years, and Escape to the Country which is in its twentieth year on BBC2. Early life Goodwin was born and raised in London. She is the daughter of the film producer Richard B. Goodwin and the interior decorator Jocasta Innes. Her parents separated when she was five and then divorced. She is of Irish and Argentinian ancestry. In a 2019 interview by Rachel Ward of The Daily Telegraph she said: "I grew up surrounded by creative people" - she would return home "to find Lauren Bacall and Ingrid Bergman sat on the sofa having tea". Her great-great-great-grandfather was Irish clergyman Robert Traill, whose character she included in an episode of the second season of her TV drama Victoria which addressed the Irish famine in the 1840s. Traill was played by Martin Compston. Career After being privately educated at both Queen's College, London and Westminster School, Goodwin studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge. She attended Columbia Film School as a Harkness Scholar and then, in 1985, joined the BBC as a trainee. In 1998, Goodwin moved to Talkback Productions as head of factual programmes, becoming editorial director by 2003. In 2005, Goodwin founded Silver River Productions, which was sold to Sony in 2011. Her first novel, My Last Duchess, was published in the UK in August 2010 and, under the title The American Heiress, in the U.S. and Canada in June 2011. Goodwin has also compiled multiple poetry anthologies, the first being The Nation's Favourite Love Poems in 1997, and written a memoir entitled Silver River (2007). She was chairman of the judges for the 2010 Orange Prize for women's fiction, and commented in a New Statesman interview that "a recommendation from a woman is more interesting to me than what a man might tell me to read". She has presented television shows including Essential Poems (To Fall In Love With) (2003) and Reader, I Married Him (2006). Jane Thynne, in The Independent, described her as proving to be "triumphantly telegenic" in the former which was Goodwin's front of camera television debut.Goodwin is the author of the novel Victoria (2016), and creator and writer of the TV series Victoria which was broadcast in the UK by ITV from 2016 to 2019 and in the U.S. by its co-commissioners, PBS/Masterpiece from 2017. Mike Hale, reviewing the series for The New York Times in early 2018, preferred Victoria over The Crown, the series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.In a 2019 interview with the Radio Times, she claimed that repeats of Dad's Army were influencing Brexit. Personal life Goodwin is married to Marcus Wilford, a television executive; they have two daughters. She appeared in the BBC television documentary Public School about Westminster directed by Jonathan Gili, and as part of the winning Trinity College, Cambridge, team on the Christmas University Challenge BBC2, 27 December 2011. In 2012, she appeared on a Children in Need episode of Only Connect alongside Charlie Higson and Matthew Parris. In June 2023 Goodwin told The Times that in 2013 Daniel Korski, then a special adviser to David Cameron, had assaulted her by putting his hand on her breast during a meeting at Downing Street. She said she came forward following Korski seeking selection as the Conservative Party candidate for the London mayoral election in 2024. Korski denied the allegation. She later claimed that several other women had since come forward. Later that month Korski withdrew his candidacy. Production credits BBC The Bookworm (1994) Looking Good (1997) HomefrontTalkback Between 1998 and 2005 Goodwin worked as a producer or editor on shows including: How Clean Is Your House? (Channel 4) Jamie's Kitchen (Channel 4) Would Like to Meet (BBC2) House Doctor (Channel 5) Grand Designs (Channel 4) Other People's Houses (Channel 4) Your Money or Your Life (BBC2) Property Ladder (Channel 4) Life Doctor (Channel 5) Life Laundry (BBC2) Fame, Set and Match (BBC2) Escape to the Country (BBC2) She's Gotta Have It (Channel 4) Don't Look Down (BBC2) Lipstick Years (BBC2)Silver River Pulling (2006) Bringing Up Baby (2007) I'm Running Sainsbury's (2009) The Supersizers... (2008-2009) Off By Heart (2009) Grow Your Own Drugs (2009) Kevin's Grand Tour (2009) If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home (2011)ITV Victoria (2016–2019)Acting credits Victoria (2016–), a cameo role as Lady Cecilia Underwood, Duchess of Inverness, episode 6: "The Queen's Husband"Publications Prose Diva ( 2024) a novel based on the life of Maria Callas Victoria ( 2016) The Fortune Hunter (2014) My Last Duchess (2010), published in the U.S. and Canada as The American Heiress (2011) Off by Heart (2009) Silver River (2007) Bringing Up Baby: The New Mother's Companion (2007) The Nation's Favourite: Love Poems (1997)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 Official website Daisy Goodwin at IMDb. Discover the Daisy Goodwin popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Daisy Goodwin books.
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The Shadow Child
Judith LennoxJuly 1914, the eve of the First World War, and fourteenyearold Alix Gregory is holidaying in France with the wealthy Lanchbury family. She is looking after twoyearold Charlie Lanch...
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Always in my Heart
Ellie DeanTHE FIFTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANUnited by love, separated by war . . .As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller is for...
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The Nightingale Nurses
Donna Douglas‘Pay attention please, nurses. The next six months will be the most important of your lives’It’s the final year of training for three young nurses at The Nightingale Hospital… Hele...
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The Nurses of Steeple Street
Donna DouglasFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHTINGALE SERIES COMES THE FIRST BOOK IN DONNA DOUGLAS' NEW NURSES OF STEEPLE STREET SERIES.Welcome to the district nurses...
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A Christmas Miracle for the Railway Girls
Maisie Thomas'Heartwarming historical fiction ... The perfect stocking filler for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Styles and Margaret Dickinson' Eastern Daily PressThe sixth heartwarming, feelgood ...
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The Second Mrs. Astor
Shana Abé"Abé is an exquisite storyteller. Rich in detail and deeply moving." Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace"One of the most beautifully written ...
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The Husband Hunters
Anne de CourcyTowards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in wh...
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As the Sun Breaks Through
Ellie DeanTHE FIFTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, June 1944As the planes continue to circle over Cliffehaven, Peggy Reilly’s sister Doris mu...
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A Valley Secret
Anna JacobsThe second book in the brand new Backshaw Moss series from millioncopy bestseller Anna JacobsLancashire, 1930s. When her mother dies, leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to he...
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A Rose and a Promise
Katie FlynnLiverpool, 1944Though they may be posted miles apart, Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronger than ever until Cadi receives a heartbreaking call from Jez's base.Cadi races...
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Orphan Girl
Maggie HopeShe's no more than an unpaid servant...Lorinda is only a child when tragedy deprives her of her true family and, sent to live with her aunt in her boarding house, she grows up desp...
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Shelter from the Storm
Ellie DeanTHE ELEVENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1943 and April Wilton is devastated when she is forced to leave Portsmouth and the WRENs where she...
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The Nightingale Sisters
Donna DouglasTo the student nurses at The Nightingale hospital, the ward sisters are heartless and frightening, with impossibly high standards. But the sisters have troubles of their own... Vi...
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With Hope and Love
Ellie DeanTHE SEVENTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN. Cliffehaven, 1945The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Bo...
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The Railway Girls in Love
Maisie ThomasThe brand new Railway Girls novel set in Manchester during WWII. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Styles and Margaret Dickinson.Readers LOVE the Railway Girls: 'Gripping and...
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Secrets of the Railway Girls
Maisie ThomasThe second novel in the uplifting railway girls series. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Margaret Dickinson. Manchester, November 1940As the war continues and secrets threaten...
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The Runaway
Katie FlynnWhen Dana and Caitlin meet by chance on the ferry from Ireland, they tell each other that they are simply going to search for work, but they soon realise they have more than that i...
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The Nightingale Girls
Donna DouglasThree very different girls sign up as student nurses in 1936, while England is still mourning the death of George V. Dora is a tough East Ender, driven by ambition, but also desper...
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Homecoming
Ellie DeanTHE EIGHTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANPeace has finally been declared in the Far East, but for those living at Beach View Boarding House, th...
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The Servant Girl
Maggie HopeShe is the downstairs maid; he is the Master’s son...Forced to become a kitchen maid at Fortune Hall, Hetty Pearson strikes up an unlikely friendship with the younger son of the ho...
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On a Turning Tide
Ellie DeanPREORDER NOW:THE SIXTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, October 1944 As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View ...
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With a Kiss and a Prayer
Ellie DeanTHE FOURTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, May 1944 The tension is rising for Peggy Reilly and the inhabitants of Cliffehaven as the...
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Corner House Girls
Lilian HarryThe first in the Corner House series, set in a Lyons Corner House in London on the brink of the Second World War.When cousins Jo and Phyl decide to become Lyons Corner House waitre...
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A Valley Wedding
Anna JacobsThe third novel in the brand new Backshaw Moss series by beloved millioncopy bestselling author Anna JacobsLancashire, 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married, and her youngest ...
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Some Lucky Day
Ellie DeanTHE SEVENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANMay 1942. War can bring hope as well s heart ache . . . Kitty Pargeter loves the life she’s leading as a ...
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A Sixpenny Christmas
Katie FlynnA hearttugging read Yours Heartwarming My Weekly You won't be able to put this down until you have read every word No. 1 One of the country's most popular storytellers Scottish...
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A Mistletoe Kiss
Katie FlynnIt was only a mistletoe kiss, Miss Preece told herself, stepping out into the icy December evening and locking the library doors behind her. A mistletoe kiss means nothing, everyo...
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District Nurse on Call
Donna DouglasTHE BRAND NEW BOOK BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLASHer second book in The Nurses of Steeple Street series The Nightingale Christmas Show is available to PREORDER N...
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The Waiting Hours
Ellie DeanTHE NEW CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN'The Waiting Hours is a gem of a book, which will touch readers' hearts. Ellie Dean effortlessly evokes a sen...
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Down Daisy Street
Katie FlynnLiverpool, 1935. Kathy Kelling is coming home to Daisy Street from her first day at the High School, longing to tell her friend, Jane, all about it. Then her brother, Billy, has a ...
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Nightingales Under the Mistletoe
Donna DouglasChristmas 1941 and the nurses at the Nightingale are facing their toughest winter yet.With shortages everywhere, and every news bulletin announcing more defeats and losses, the Bri...
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All My Tomorrows
Ellie DeanTHE SIXTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt was a time of friendship, family, love and loss . . .In defending herself against her brutal husband, ei...
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Sealed With a Loving Kiss
Ellie DeanTHE NINTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANAfter the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s di...
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Kiss The Girls Goodbye
Lilian HarrySet in a Lyon's Corner House in London, this is the second novel in the series set against the backdrop of the Second World War which began with CORNER HOUSE GIRLS.'The Corner Hous...
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A Nightingale Christmas Carol
Donna DouglasAll that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas… The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires...
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Sweet Memories of You
Ellie DeanTHE TENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN‘I’m not working on a factory floor or digging for victory, but in my own small way I do what I can for tho...
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The Land of My Dreams
Cynthia Harrod-EaglesIt is 1916 and the Hunters, their friends and their servants are settling down to the business of war. As conscription reaches into every household, Britain turns out men and shell...
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This Royal Breed
Judith SaxtonA SAGA OF A YOUNG GIRL'S STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL ON THE ISLAND OF JERSEY DURING THE NAZI SECOND WORLD WAR OCCUPATION. After the death of Rochelle Dubois's parents, she is ado...
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A Nightingale Christmas Promise
Donna DouglasFor the first time, a Nightingale nurses novel set during the First World War. Follow the senior staff as they overcome the trials of their training years. From Sunday Times top te...
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Nightingales on Call
Donna DouglasFrom the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses – perfect for fans of Call the Midwife1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nursesDo...
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Little Girl Lost
Katie FlynnIt is a cold night and Sylvie Dugdale is weeping as she walks by the Mersey. A figure approaches and, dodging aside to avoid him, she falls into the river. Constable Brendan O'Hara...
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Victorian London
Liza PicardFrom raggatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London.Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr ...