Her poem about this period, "History Will Remember When The World Stopped", became popular online, including being read by celebrities in a video to raise money for the NHS.
[5] As of March 2024, Ashworth's Wild Hope had been in The Sunday Times' best-seller chart for eleven weeks[3] and was credited with being partially responsible for 2023 being the best year for British poetry sales since records began.
Ashworth herself has described her work as "self help in poetry" and agrees that "a lot of what I say is cheesy", while fans have said her writing is "like a warm hug".
She left university due to anxiety, partly attributed to the death by suicide of a fellow student and the recent murder of James Bulger.
[3] She attempted to enter the music industry, singing on cruise ships and moving to Manchester for a management contract.
[3] She is married to Robert Ashworth, former producer of soap opera Coronation Street, with whom she has two sons, Felix and Brodie.