Lucy Katherine Mangan''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' (born 1974) is a British journalist and author. She is a columnist, features writer and TV critic for ''

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''. A major part of her writing is related to feminism.

Biography

Mangan grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from

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. Her father worked in theatre, and her mother was a doctor. She read English at

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...

, qualified as a solicitor, but worked in a bookshop until she found a

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placement at ''The Guardian'' in 2003.Feminist education has been the making of me
Interview with ''The Daily Telegraph'', 6 May 2013 Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews and occasional features at ''The Guardian''. 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.Biography at Blake Freidman
Agent's page, accessed March 2016 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". Mangan also has a regular column for '' Stylist'' magazine and has been a judge for the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Mangan and her husband have one son.

Works

* ''My Family and other Disasters'', Hachette (2010) * ''The Reluctant Bride: One Woman's Journey (Kicking and Screaming) Down the Aisle'', Guardian Books (2012) * ''Hopscotch & Handbags: The Truth about Being a Girl'', Headline (2013) * ''

Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory ''Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory: The Complete Story of Willy Wonka, the Golden Ticket, and Roald Dahl's Most Famous Creation'' is a 2014 non-fiction book by Lucy Mangan. It was released at the same time as the 50th anniversary edition of ''Ch ...

'', Puffin UK/US (2014) * ''Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading'', Square Peg (2018) * ''Are We Having Fun Yet?,'' Souvenir, (2021)

References

External links

''Guardian'' profile page

''Stylist'' column listing
1974 births Living people Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge People from Catford English women non-fiction writers English women journalists English television critics Politicians from London {{England-writer-stub