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Lorraine Kelly CBE has been described as the queen of morning TV. She joined TV-am as their Scottish correspondent in 1984 and, save for a brief maternity leave 30 years ago, has barely left the schedules since – for the last 14 as host of ITV’s Lorraine.

Now after a lifetime of wanting to, Lorraine has written her first novel, The Island Swimmer, a story of family secrets, island communities and overcoming fear.

She told Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour presenter Anita Rani why she wanted to write the book and why she thinks she still lacks confidence.

You can hear the full interview on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Sounds - it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 16 February.