Katie Pearson spent most of her working life in television. From humble beginnings as a talk show researcher at London Weekend Television, where she rubbed shoulders with Harrison Ford, John Cleese and Oliver Reed among others, she went on to work as a producer and director alongside stars such as Ruby Wax and Helen Fielding. In 1995, she married Marcus Mortimer, a successful television producer/director and the following year gave up full time employment to devote herself to the joys of motherhood.