Theresa Francis-Cheung

Theresa Cheung (born 8 April 1965) is an English author who writes on the subjects of spirituality, dreams, and the paranormal.

She has been twice named among the ‘100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People’ and has been described in the UK media as the “British grande dame of psychic and spiritual studies”. Her mother, Joy, travelled across the UK as a clairvoyant doing psychic readings Her mother encouraged her to “explore her sixth sense” from a young age and one of her earliest memories is attending a spirit meeting organised by her mother and aunt.

Because of her peripatetic lifestyle, Cheung's education suffered and so, aged 16, she began home-schooling herself. Instead, she became an editorial assistant at a publishing house in London before teaching English literature in secondary schools.

Writing career

Cheung's early books, written as ‘Theresa Francis-Cheung’, were health-focussed and included The PCOS Diet Book (Thorsons, 2002) and Pregnancy Weight Management (Adams Media, 2000).

She is best known for her wide range of New Age books covering dream interpretation, the paranormal, and spirituality. These include the Sunday Times bestselling titles An Angel Called My Name (Harper Element, 2008), An Angel Healed Me (Simon & Schuster UK, 2010), and The Dream Dictionary from A to Z (also published under the title The A to Z Dream Dictionary). A companion book, The Dream Cure: How Recalling Your Dreams Can Heal Your Life (HarperCollins/Thorsons), was released in August 2024. Other books include The Element Encyclopedia of Birthdays (Harper Element, 2007) and The Premonition Code (Watkins Publishing, 2018), written with cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Julia Mossbridge.

In 2025, Cheung published The Akashic Records through Octopus, Hachette and Dreaming of Your Future: Unlock the Precognitive Secrets of Your Mind through Llewellyn. . In September 2025, her debut novel, Nightborn, was published. In February 2026, she published Your Twin Flame Journey through Godsfield, Octopus, Hachette and the same publisher shall release Cheung's Extreme Dreaming in October.

Media career

Cheung has written for numerous UK-based and international magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Red, Grazia, Heat, Glamour, Vice and Bustle. She is also a media commentator on subjects including dream decoding, spirituality, and astrology, for TV, radio, and national newspapers including Fox 32 Chicago, the Daily Mail, Daily Express, and Sunday Mirror.

She is British daytime programme This Morning's regular dream decoder Since September 2025, Cheung has hosted a weekly show, The Healing Power of Your Dreams, on UK Health Radio.

Cheung also collaborates with The Institute of Noetic Sciences.

Personal life Cheung is married and has two children. She currently lives in Windsor with her husband, Ray.