Born in Scotland in 1979, Dawn O’Porter is a TV presenter turned bestselling author. After studying acting at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, she became a runner, before stepping in front of the camera in the early noughties for a string of zeitgeisty documentaries such as Super Slim Me, Extreme Wife, Mail Order Bride and later My Breasts Could Kill Me, exploring breast cancer, having lost her own mother to the condition. O’Porter pivoted to novel writing in 2006, and she has since written eight books – her latest, Cat Lady, is out now. She lives in Los Angeles with her two children and husband, actor Chris O’Dowd.
Here I am, four years old and getting my photo taken at primary school. I look quite miserable, probably because I wanted attention all the time, but got quite shy when someone actually gave it to me.
