Mental health advocate, best-selling author, long-standing broadcaster, founder and creator of the Happy Place brand, Fearne Cotton has been thoughtfully curating and building her Happy Place community since 2017.

Born out of sharing her own experiences with happiness and publishing her Sunday Times and silver Nielsen bestseller Happy in 2017, the brand has evolved and translated into her award-winning podcast Happy Place (with over 120m downloads), the annual Happy Place Festival which launched in 2019, the book imprint Happy Place Books, Book Club and Happy Place Market.

Fearne’s most recent non-fiction book Likeable, which was published in March 2026, was another Sunday Times Bestseller and further cemented Fearne’s position as a celebrated author with all titles available in 12 different languages around the world. Excitingly, Fearne published her debut fiction novel Scripted, in June 2024.

Fearne is innately passionate about driving forward the notion of a relatable, straightforward and inclusive approach to self-care, and through her work with Happy Place, has actively opened up, encouraged and demystified the wider conversation around mental health.

Fearne is an active supporter for a range of charities – most notably mental health charity Mind, The King’s Trust and Coppafeel. Fearne is a supporter of the Princess of Wales #ShapingUs early childhood campaign, aiming to raise awareness of the vital role our early years play in shaping the rest of our lives.