Andrea Ashworth (born 1969) is an English writer and academic, known for her

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobi ...

''Once in a House on Fire'', which won the

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from the

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in 1999.

Early life and education

Ashworth was born in Manchester in 1969. She studied at

Xaverian College Xaverian College is a Roman Catholic college in Manchester, England, south of the city centre in Rusholme. Established in 1862, Xaverian College has become one of the most oversubscribed Sixth form college in Greater Manchester, along with Lore ...

in Manchester She studied at

Hertford College, Oxford Hertford College ( ), previously known as Magdalen Hall, is a colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main ga ...

, where she was a scholar. She later became a Junior Research Fellow of

Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship St ...

Career

''Once in a House on Fire'', published in 1998, won the

from the

in 1999. It tells the story of her traumatic upbringing and the abuse that she suffered at the hands of her two stepfathers.

References

Date of birth missing (living people) 1969 births 20th-century English women writers 20th-century English memoirists 21st-century English women writers Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford Living people British women memoirists Writers from Manchester {{England-nonfiction-writer-stub

Early life and education

Career

See also

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