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Lucy Mangan
Born1974
EducationTrinity Hall, Cambridge
Occupations
  • Writer
  • television critic
EmployerThe Guardian
Children1
Websitewww.theguardian.com/profile/lucymangan

Lucy Katherine Mangan[1] (born 1974) is a British journalist and author. She is a columnist, features writer and TV critic for The Guardian and an opinion writer for i news.[2][3] A major part of her writing is related to feminism.[4][5]

Biography

Mangan grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from Lancashire.[6] Her father worked in theatre, and her mother was a doctor.[7] She studied English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, qualified as a solicitor, but worked in a bookshop until she found a work experience placement at The Guardian in 2003.[6][8]

Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews and occasional features at The Guardian.[9] Her book My Family and other Disasters (2009) is a collection of her newspaper columns. She has also written books about her childhood and her wedding.[6][8] Her debut novel, Are We Having Fun Yet?, was published in 2021. The Scotsman's Kirsty McLuckie gave the novel a glowing review, describing the book as "a work of genius".[10]

Mangan also has a regular column for Stylist magazine[11] and has been a judge for the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize.[12] She won the columnist of the year award at the Professional Publishers Association Awards in 2013[13] and was shortlisted for the critic of the year award at The British Press Awards in 2019.[14]

Mangan and her husband have one son.[15][8]

Works

  • My Family and other Disasters, Hachette (2010) ISBN 0852653689
  • The Reluctant Bride: One Woman's Journey (Kicking and Screaming) Down the Aisle, Guardian Books (2012) ISBN 184854359X
  • Hopscotch & Handbags: The Truth about Being a Girl, Headline (2013) ISBN 9780755316489
  • Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory, Puffin UK/US (2014) ISBN 9780147513489
  • Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading, Square Peg (2018) ISBN 9781784709228
  • Are We Having Fun Yet?, Souvenir, (2021)

References

  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007
  2. ^ Lucy Mangan's page at the Guardian Last accessed March 2016
  3. ^ "Lucy Mangan".
  4. ^ Mangan on her feminism, The Guardian, 19 September 2009
  5. ^ "Lucy Mangan's weekend column + Feminism – Lifeandstyle". The Guardian.
  6. ^ a b c Feminist education has been the making of me Interview with The Daily Telegraph, 6 May 2013
  7. ^ Mangan, Lucy (10 February 2016). "I'd never kissed a Tory - then I married one". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b c Biography at Blake Freidman Agent's page, accessed March 2016
  9. ^ Mangan, Lucy (25 July 2019). "Inside the Bruderhof review – is this a religious stirring I feel?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Book review: Are We Having Fun Yet?, by Lucy Mangan". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  11. ^ Lucy Mangan's page at Stylist magazine Accessed March 2016
  12. ^ "Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012". www.booktrust.org.uk. Book Trust. Retrieved 20 April 2016.[dead link]
  13. ^ "Lucy Mangan wins Columnist of the Year at PPA Awards!". Blake Friedmann. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  14. ^ "National Press Awards Shortlist – Society of Editors". Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  15. ^ Mangan, Lucy (18 March 2011). "Lucy Mangan is Outspoken: "I'll never take my husband's last name"". Stylist. Retrieved 11 January 2020.


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