Hello, I’m Rebecca.
My book Inconceivable is available now! Published by Big Day Books.
A beautiful and intimate new memoir about family, secrets and love.
'Moving, courageous, enlightening' ELIZABETH DAY
'Immaculately sculpted. I loved it and could not put it down’ SARA COLLINS
'An extraordinary story' TIMES MAGAZINE
‘Coxon writes beautifully… The story is full of twists and dramatic reveals but it is the writing, and Coxon’s ability to integrate her own broad hinterland of experience and knowledge, that really make this fine book… fascinating… There are no neat endings, but there is one hell of a journey, during which she reflects, wisely and powerfully, on the most basic truths of family and love’ IRISH INDEPENDENT
'I found it fascinating ― an impassioned and compassionate call for truth, however delicate and compromising it can be. I ended the book with the sense that, like one of the scientists whose work she so compellingly champions, Coxon has taken a microscope to life and conception and family, in all their fragile complexity' MARINA KEMP,
‘My family tree is not simple; my lineage is not linear. There are the branches we see and the roots we do not. Not all bloodlines flow with blood.’
When Rebecca Coxon uploaded her genetic data to an ancestry website, she had no idea that it would start a chain reaction. The secrets revealed by her genes would alter Rebecca's understanding of identity and family forever … beginning with the shocking discovery that her father was not biologically related to her.
In this deeply honest and intimate memoir, Rebecca – a donor-conceived IVF triplet who has donated her eggs and undergone fertility treatment herself – shares her remarkable story. It’s one of family secrets, shame, resilience and warmth, offering a profound glimpse into the consequences of how we choose to create new life.
Written with nuance and tenderness, Inconceivable is both a beautiful meditation on our place within history and the wider universe, and a love letter to family in all its forms.
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Documentary
I have filmed, produced and directed award-winning documentaries for BBC One, BBC Two, Channel 4 and online.
Credits include: 24 Hours in Police Custody, BBC Panorama, Emergency, Yorkshire Midwives On Call, Channel 4 Dispatches, Catching a Killer, Ambulance, The Mind Explorers: A Psychedelic Weekend, Behind Closed Doors: Through the Eyes of the Child, 24 Hours in A&E, The Family Secret, The Gun Shop, Me & My New Brain.
I was nominated for the 2022 British Journalism Awards
Won ‘Debut Director’ at the Edinburgh TV Festival’s New Voice Awards 2020
My Channel 4 film Britain’s Child Drug Runners received a 5-star review in The Guardian and BBC One film Beyond Reasonable Doubt, a 4-star review.
In 2016 I was selected as one of Edinburgh TV Festival’s ‘Ones to Watch’.
In 2014 and 2018 I won commissions at Sheffield Doc/Fest, they went on to become Self Harm & Me for BBC Radio 1 and The Mind Explorers: A Psychedelic Weekend for Real Stories / Amazon.
I’m a Mental Health First Aider and have volunteered for mental health charities such as CALM, Rethink Mental Illness and Nightline.
Writing
I’m a freelance writer with a background in immersive journalism and social justice. I have a particular personal interest and background in mental health, psychology, sexual violence, endometriosis and fertility.
(But I also enjoy writing about less serious topics too!)
I have written articles for Grazia, BBC News, HuffPost and Broadcast magazine.
I Took Psychedelic Drugs On A Self-Help Retreat And This Is What I Learned
Behind the Scenes: Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Britain’s Rape Crisis, BBC1
Why Isolating With Your Parents Is Actually The Best Thing Ever
The real Moby Dick: Do whales really attack humans?
Friendship Begins With the Letter ‘B’
ASMR — An Antidote for Isolation?
Why the Friends Reunion Reminded Me that We are All Going to Die
I co-founded a project with photographer Millie Turner called Creatives of London, celebrating creativity in the capital.
Event host / Interviewer
I have hosted book launches, Q&As, film screenings and even a wedding. If you would like someone who’s good at interviewing, can put a room at ease and will go above and beyond with their background research, do get in touch.
Ghostwriting
I’ve been a professional ghostwriter for 10 years, writing memoirs and creative non-fiction books about everything from anxiety, suicide bereavement and surviving cancer in your twenties to an intensive care nurse’s love story.
Letters Anonymous
I run a little corner of the internet called Lettersanonymous.com
Fun Facts
I grew up in rural Nottinghamshire, lived in London for 12 years and now reside in Leeds.
I’m a triplet, briefly made an appearance in Game of Thrones and led out the Bangladesh team in the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
If you’d like to drop me an email, you can do that here.