Donna Ashworth is a Sunday Times bestselling author and poet who is known for her motivational content for mental and emotional health. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Donna began posting hopeful affirmations for those also facing difficulty from the pandemic. Many of her public poems went viral, with History Will Remember When the World Stopped being adapted into a performance by celebrities such as Michael Sheen and Vicky McClure. After the lockdown ended, she published her poems as bestselling books, including Loss and Wild Hope. She currently lives in Tillicoultry with her husband, two sons, and two dogs.