She was expecting the ramblings of an old stuffy woman. She wrote a novel of the same name and then created and penned the TV series which chronicles the reign of Victoria who ascended to the British throne at 18.ĭaisy Goodwin’s fascination with Queen Victoria began when she read her diaries. She is known more for her work on ‘Victoria’ than anything else. She counts the likes of Edith Wharton, Henry James, Daphne du Maurier, and Sarah Waters among her favorite authors. Renamed ‘The American Heiress’ for American and Canadian audiences, it paved the way for the author to write more novels featuring the strong figures from history that inspired her. ‘My Last Duchess’, Daisy’s first novel was published in 2010. She chose to keep the identity of the civil servant in question hidden. She attracted some attention when she claimed in 2017 that her visit to 10 Downing Street had been marred by a civil servant who touched her inappropriately. Her relationship with the television executive has produced two daughters.

On the personal front, Daisy is married to Marcus Wilford. Some of her more notable achievements include discovering Lucy Worsley, compiling numerous poetry anthologies, and chairing the Judges for the ‘Orange Prize for Women’s Fiction’ in 2010.

Some of the BBC projects that bear her fingerprints include ‘Bookmark’, ‘Omnibus’, and ‘Bookworm’ which she created.įollowing her departure from the BBC, she worked at Talkback Productions for a while before finally starting Silver River Productions, a company that Sony bought in 2012. She left the BBC for a bit in 1989 (her contract was not renewed) but then she returned in 1992. She was a television assistant producer in the arts before playing the role of producer-director. Her time at the BBC started in 1985 after the Harkness Scholar joined the company as a trainee. She attended Queen’s College (London), Westminister School, Trinity College (Cambridge), and Columbia Film School. It did not come as much of a surprise when she ultimately went into the arts, taking an interest in poetry, history, television, and the like. One of the most memorable aspects of Daisy’s childhood was the creativity that surrounded her.

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