TRACY KING
WRITER•PRODUCER•SPEAKER
BOOKS
Learning To Think, by Tracy King
‘A memoir you read with the same breathlessness as you read the most gripping of novels’ - iNews
‘Astonishing … a story that brims with life and hard-won hope’ - Sunday Times
‘Fantastic. Could have been me. Could have been you. Could have been anyone’ - Lee Child
When Tracy King was twelve she was exorcised. Unfortunately, the demons that beset Tracy could not be so easily displaced. While her life was filled with creativity, curiosity, and love, it was also constricted by poverty, by Tracy’s father’s alcoholism and her mother’s agoraphobia.
By the time she turned twelve Tracy’s father had been killed, her sister taken into care and her mother ensnared by the promises of born-again Christianity. This is the story of an ordinary family trapped in a broken system. It is a story that could happen to anyone without the tools to transform their circumstances. But it is also a tale with a twist. And one full of humour and hope. Because with courage, perseverance and self-education, Tracy learnt to think for herself and found her way out.
'Tracy King's memoir is heartbreaking and hopeful...An incredible true story of survival and forgiveness.' Tim Minchin
'Raw and unflinching.' Caroline Criado Perez
'A brilliant writer.' Adam Kay
The Cost of Trust, by Deborah Douglas with Tracy King
'Courageous and candid… An important story well told' The Independent
This is the story of one of the most horrifying scandals in British medical history. In 2003, Deborah Douglas was diagnosed with breast cancer by Ian Paterson, a surgeon based in the Midlands. Over the next seven years, Deborah placed her trust in Paterson, undergoing a mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and extensive chemotherapy under his care – only to discover that her cancer diagnosis had been exaggerated and her treatment was totally unnecessary. Deborah was not alone; in 2017, Paterson, infamously dubbed the ‘Butcher Surgeon,’ by the media, was convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding and sentenced to 20 years in prison. These were just a fraction of his victims. He deceived thousands of patients during his tenure as both an NHS and private surgeon.
The Cost of Trust is a shocking work of investigative journalism that unveils the true extent of this medical atrocity. Authored by Deborah Douglas with writer Tracy King – also a casualty of Paterson – the book provides an in-depth look at the devastating impact of Paterson’s actions and the work it took to bring him to justice.
Storm, by Tim Minchin, Tracy King, DC Turner
'A glorious ode to critical thinking' ― Tatler
'King and Turner's artwork sizzles with energy producing some striking layouts and effects' ― The Telegraph
Dazzling illustrated poetry from the magical minds of Tim Minchin, producer Tracy King and illustrator DC Turner. A storm is brewing in the confines of a London dinner party. Small talk quickly descends into a verbal and intellectual battle between science and belief, as comedian Tim goes head to head with the mysterious fifth guest at the table - a hippy named Storm.
With stunning original artwork, Tim's sublime ranty beat-poem weaves through the world we live in, where alternative medicine is given credence and public funding, psychics have primetime TV exposure and people are happy with mystery rather than answers. While Storm herself may not be converted, audiences from London to Sydney have been won over by Tim's lyrical wonders and the timely message of the piece in a society where science is attacked as the enemy of belief. STORM is the illustrated book born from the acclaimed internet sensation by Tim Minchin, Tracy King and DC Turner - the animation that has become an anthem for critical thinking worldwide, attracting six million views. Now fully reimagined, STORM is a masterpiece that sparkles with beauty, wit, reason and rationality.
'Minchin's wordplay is dazzling' ― Elle
'Turner and King's artwork is all angles and points, Picasso by the way of Bryan Lee O'Malley's SCOTT PILGRIM series...it's razor sharp satire and funnier the second time around' ― Starburst Magazine
'Turner's spiky illustrations suit the tone...buy the book, watch the animation then if you're lucky, catch it live' ― The Metro
'Storm brings Minchin's vivid, poetic and passionately argued rant to life.... DC Turner's illustrations do exactly what they are meant to do: they exaggerate the situation and caricature moods and situations' ― Entertainment Focus
'Storm is an edgy pictorial tour de force that will delight and enchant readers who love the funny and fantastic but never forget where the horizons of fantasy end and the borders of imagination begin...' ― Comics Review