Tracey Cox
Encyclopedia
Tracey Cox is a non fiction
author
who specializes in books on dating, sex
and relationships
. She is the author of many best selling titles.
On radio, she appears from time to time on the Jo Whiley
show on BBC Radio 1
, on a feature called 'Ask The Experts'. Her television career has included co-presenting programmes like Would Like To Meet
on BBC2 and The Sex Inspectors
for Channel 4
in the United Kingdom
.
She has also been a columnist
for newspapers and magazines.
Cox was born in the United Kingdom
but has spent many years in Australia
where she edited Cosmopolitan
magazine and had her own radio show. Although not much information is known about Cox herself, a great deal can be learnt about her from her books as they contain snippets from her own personal experiences. Hot Relationships was written after her divorce.
Tracey Cox is an international sex, body language and relationships "expert" as well as a TV presenter. She is well-known for her TV shows on sex and relationships, including The Sex Inspectors (Ch4 and HBO in the US), Would Like to Meet (BBC2), Under One Roof (ITV) and Date Patrol (Discovery in the US).
A former associate editor of Cosmopolitan (Australia) and radio show host, Tracey has appeared on Oprah, CNN and The Today Show in the US, as well as numerous prime-time chat shows in the UK and worldwide. She has studied psychology and travels the world, doing television, radio and print interviews on her specialist subjects. Tracey has dispensed information via the media for more than 15 years and sold over 2 million books with six titles as international bestsellers. Her first book, Hot Sex: How to do it, was an instant worldwide success and is available in 140 countries, translated into over 20 languages. Her most popular books include supersex, superdate, superflirt, Hot Relationships, The Sex Doctor, superhotsex, Kama Sutra and Sextasy. Tracey is UK Glamour magazine’s relationships coach, she has a weekly column in Closer magazine and is agony aunt for News of the World. She also has her own range of sex toys and products.
Born in the UK, Tracey spent many years in Australia before moving back to London to host her first television series. She currently lives in Notting Hill, London.
Cox claims her career choice is thanks to her older sister, who was a family planning nurse. So Cox she "grew up surrounded by condoms". "I was the kid everyone turned to with questions such as ‘I’ve got a swollen this or that, can you ask if I’ve got an STI/whether I’m pregnant?’"
At 15 she was obsessed with losing her virginity. She'd decided it had to happen when she turned 16. So on the eve of her birthday, she made her boyfriend at the time wait until the clock struck 12. She says she knew all about the engineering of sex but not about the logistics – and had no idea that people actually moved during it! She hated it and dumped the boyfriend and didn’t have sex again until she was 19.
She studied journalism and psychology at Queensland University and first "learned the ropes" about journalism at the Nundah Express then she ended up Associate Editor of Australian Cosmo.
Was diagnosed with cancer of the cervix at 28. The surgery was successful but it left her cervix so damaged doctors said she'd probably never have a baby.
She was married. She was 30 and he was a younger, Canadian professional sportsman. They lived happily together for four years but something changed when they got married. She left three years into the marriage. She says, "It was heart-breaking but it was the right thing to do."
She was pregnant in 2004 and was very surprised because she thought it was impossible because of the cancer treatment, but had a miscarriage.
She is ready to meet her soul mate. "Career-wise I’ve done everything I’ve ever wanted – and much more. I’m 43 [in Feb 2005] and think I’m ready to settle down again. How scary!"
One of her shows Would like to meet was shown on BBC2 in the UK, renamed Date Patrol and on Discovery Health in the US. A dating show with a difference, WLTM followed the personal journey of a person experiencing difficulties with their love life. The WLTM team - Tracey as flirt coach, Jay Hunt as the style guru and Jeremy Milnes as the confidence coach – watched the contributor on a ‘typical’ date from a specially equipped remote surveillance van. For six weeks, the experts worked to transform them from dating disaster into dating diva. Three series were filmed in the UK, including a celebrity special, and Tracey went on to make two series in the US.
Other UK TV credits Tracey’s first television series in the UK was called, Hot Love, a talk show about relationships. Hotter Sex – a series of six one-hour documentaries - followed. Under One Roof, an ITV1 series, saw Tracey tackle couples and families with domestic disputes. She is a regular on Richard & Judy and has appeared on numerous other UK programs including The Keith Barrett Show.
Non Fiction
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author
Author
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who specializes in books on dating, sex
Sex
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and relationships
Intimate relationship
An intimate relationship is a particularly close interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy. Physical intimacy is characterized by romantic or passionate love and attachment, or sexual activity. The term is also sometimes used euphemistically for a sexual...
. She is the author of many best selling titles.
On radio, she appears from time to time on the Jo Whiley
Jo Whiley
Johanne "Jo" Whiley is a British radio disc jockey and television presenter. She was the host of the long running weekday Jo Whiley Show on Radio 1.-Early life and education:...
show on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
, on a feature called 'Ask The Experts'. Her television career has included co-presenting programmes like Would Like To Meet
Would Like To Meet
Would Like To Meet is a British reality television dating series, first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2001. Presented by Lowri Turner, it featured relationship expert Tracey Cox, confidence coach Steven Anderson and celebrity stylist Jay Hunt, who each used their expertise to help a singleton find a date....
on BBC2 and The Sex Inspectors
The Sex Inspectors
The Sex Inspectors is a late night UK TV show that focuses on sex therapy for couples facing difficulties with their relationship. The show, presented by Tracey Cox and Michael Alvear, aids couples by offering ways to spice up their relationships and sex lives...
for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.
She has also been a columnist
Sex columnist
A sex columnist is a writer of a newspaper or magazine column about sex.Sex advice columns may take the form of essays or, more frequently, answers to questions posed by readers. Sex advice columns can usually be found in alt weekly newspapers, women's magazines, health or fitness magazines, and...
for newspapers and magazines.
Cox was born in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
but has spent many years in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
where she edited Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
magazine and had her own radio show. Although not much information is known about Cox herself, a great deal can be learnt about her from her books as they contain snippets from her own personal experiences. Hot Relationships was written after her divorce.
Tracey Cox is an international sex, body language and relationships "expert" as well as a TV presenter. She is well-known for her TV shows on sex and relationships, including The Sex Inspectors (Ch4 and HBO in the US), Would Like to Meet (BBC2), Under One Roof (ITV) and Date Patrol (Discovery in the US).
A former associate editor of Cosmopolitan (Australia) and radio show host, Tracey has appeared on Oprah, CNN and The Today Show in the US, as well as numerous prime-time chat shows in the UK and worldwide. She has studied psychology and travels the world, doing television, radio and print interviews on her specialist subjects. Tracey has dispensed information via the media for more than 15 years and sold over 2 million books with six titles as international bestsellers. Her first book, Hot Sex: How to do it, was an instant worldwide success and is available in 140 countries, translated into over 20 languages. Her most popular books include supersex, superdate, superflirt, Hot Relationships, The Sex Doctor, superhotsex, Kama Sutra and Sextasy. Tracey is UK Glamour magazine’s relationships coach, she has a weekly column in Closer magazine and is agony aunt for News of the World. She also has her own range of sex toys and products.
Born in the UK, Tracey spent many years in Australia before moving back to London to host her first television series. She currently lives in Notting Hill, London.
Personal life
She lived in England until she was 10 when her father moved the family to escape a 10 year affair. Her father has since left her mother to be with his mistress.Cox claims her career choice is thanks to her older sister, who was a family planning nurse. So Cox she "grew up surrounded by condoms". "I was the kid everyone turned to with questions such as ‘I’ve got a swollen this or that, can you ask if I’ve got an STI/whether I’m pregnant?’"
At 15 she was obsessed with losing her virginity. She'd decided it had to happen when she turned 16. So on the eve of her birthday, she made her boyfriend at the time wait until the clock struck 12. She says she knew all about the engineering of sex but not about the logistics – and had no idea that people actually moved during it! She hated it and dumped the boyfriend and didn’t have sex again until she was 19.
She studied journalism and psychology at Queensland University and first "learned the ropes" about journalism at the Nundah Express then she ended up Associate Editor of Australian Cosmo.
Was diagnosed with cancer of the cervix at 28. The surgery was successful but it left her cervix so damaged doctors said she'd probably never have a baby.
She was married. She was 30 and he was a younger, Canadian professional sportsman. They lived happily together for four years but something changed when they got married. She left three years into the marriage. She says, "It was heart-breaking but it was the right thing to do."
She was pregnant in 2004 and was very surprised because she thought it was impossible because of the cancer treatment, but had a miscarriage.
She is ready to meet her soul mate. "Career-wise I’ve done everything I’ve ever wanted – and much more. I’m 43 [in Feb 2005] and think I’m ready to settle down again. How scary!"
Television work
Sex Inspectors (Shown on C4 in the UK, HBO in the US and numerous other countries including Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and South Africa.) Tracey and her co-host, gay agony uncle Michael Alvear star in this ground-breaking program which put cameras in the homes - and bedrooms - of UK couples to solve common sex and relationship issues. After analysing tapes of the couples, Michael and Tracey set tasks and challenges, dispelled myths and dispensed hands-on practical advice applicable to both the couple and viewers at home. Two series have been filmed to date.One of her shows Would like to meet was shown on BBC2 in the UK, renamed Date Patrol and on Discovery Health in the US. A dating show with a difference, WLTM followed the personal journey of a person experiencing difficulties with their love life. The WLTM team - Tracey as flirt coach, Jay Hunt as the style guru and Jeremy Milnes as the confidence coach – watched the contributor on a ‘typical’ date from a specially equipped remote surveillance van. For six weeks, the experts worked to transform them from dating disaster into dating diva. Three series were filmed in the UK, including a celebrity special, and Tracey went on to make two series in the US.
Other UK TV credits Tracey’s first television series in the UK was called, Hot Love, a talk show about relationships. Hotter Sex – a series of six one-hour documentaries - followed. Under One Roof, an ITV1 series, saw Tracey tackle couples and families with domestic disputes. She is a regular on Richard & Judy and has appeared on numerous other UK programs including The Keith Barrett Show.
Books
- Hot Sex [Corgi Books, 1998] ISBN 0-552-14707-9
- Hot Relationships [Corgi Books, 1999] ISBN 0-552-14784-2
- Would Like To Meet (with Jeremy Milnes and Jay Hunt) [BBC Worldwide, 2002] ISBN 0-563-48843-3
- Supersex [Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2002] ISBN 0-7513-3864-8
- Superflirt [Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2003] ISBN 1-4053-0065-5
- Superdate [Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2005] ISBN 1-4053-0706-4
- Quickies (Dorling Kindersley Limited)
- The Sex inspectors Masterclass (BBC books)
- Superhotsex [Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2006] ISBN 0-75662275-1
- The Sex doctor (Corgi Books)
- The Kama Sutra (Dorling Kindersley Limited)
- Sextasy