Lucy Brazier is a ghostwriter and author. She began her career at the BBC before becoming a talent agent at PFD (now United Agents) representing actors and presenters. After twenty years, she and her young family left London and moved to Dorset where she worked with the broadcaster, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, before becoming a full time ghostwriter in 2017. She has worked on many writing projects and written nine books on behalf of high-profile people, across a range of subjects including lifestyle, food, interiors, education, money and memoir. Her first book in her own name was Christmas at River Cottage and she regularly contributes to The Simple Things magazine. Her second book, The Honesty Box, is a non-fiction narrative capturing a year in her life through her home, village, husband’s ASD diagnosis and honesty box. She swims in the sea most mornings, but doesn’t like to go on about it…
An honest look at navigating life, marriage, family and neurodiversity * Anna Maxwell Martin * Heart-breaking and heart-warming, but the ultimate message is one of hope: never give up on the one you love * Veronica Henry * Touching, topical and brilliantly woven together, this love story of despair, food and redemption is utterly charming. * Dame Joanna Lumley * Lucy’s extraordinary, funny, uplifting and deeply touching book is as important as it is brilliantly written. Despite its huge themes - love, difference, discovery, life - the pages turn as easily as a holiday read. * Mark Diacono * Entertaining, enlightening, shocking and soothing. The joy of gorgeous nature writing mixed with the guilty pleasure of enjoying intimate access to the ups and downs of someone else’s private life. I learnt a great deal about neurodivergence and now want to set up an honesty box. * Poppy Okotcha * Beautifully written, by someone who observes nature in all its glorious daily unfolding. -- Dorset Magazine A beautiful and much needed book about what it is like to be in a relationship with someone who is neurodivergent, and the challenges it can bring! Lucy’s story highlights just how life changing a diagnosis can be, and how it can truly save relationships. * Rich and Rox Pink, @adhd_love_ *