Mirren's autobiography, "In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures", was published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in September 2007. Reviewing for "The Stage", John Thaxter wrote: "Sumptuously illustrated, at first sight it looks like another of those photo albums of the stars. But between the pictures there are almost 200 pages of densely printed text, an unusually frank story of her private and professional life, mainly in the theatre, the words clearly Mirren's own, delivered with forthright candour."