Strictly star Amy Dowden has been awarded an MBE in the King’s birthday Honour’s list, in recognition of her campaigning work to raise awareness around Crohn’s disease and other inflammatory bowel conditions.

The dancer & activist’s forthcoming memoir DANCING IN THE RAIN was acquired by Piatkus in an 8-publisher auction, and will be published in September 2024.

In Dancing in the Rain, Amy Dowden shares her journey from growing up in the Welsh valleys to dancing on the glittering stage of prime-time television. Through her debilitating illness as a teen and her recent chemotherapy treatment for Stage 3 breast cancer, Amy’s is a story of an unbreakable spirit with an irrepressible joy for life and dance; she is living proof that our darkest times do not define us.

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