Lucy originally trained and worked as an actress. She reviews books, theatre and film and contributes to various publications including the Independent, Sunday Independent, Guardian blog, Words without Borders and Tribune Magazine. Her book about human rights and ethical travel, The Good Tourist, was published by Arcadia Books in late 2008. This will be reissued as a series of E-books in 2012. She is an artistic assessor for Arts Council England, a Trustee of the JMK Award for theatre directors and a writing mentor for the Write to Life Programme at Freedom from Torture.