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Lucy Mangan 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.
Lucy Mangan grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from Lancashire. [1] Her father worked in theatre, and her mother was a doctor. [2]
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. [1] [3]
Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews, and occasional features at The Guardian. [4] [5] and is an opinion writer for i news. [6] A major part of her writing is related to feminism. [7] [8]
Mangan's 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. [1] [3]
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 has been a judge for the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize. [11]
Mangan won the columnist of the year award at the Professional Publishers Association Awards in 2013, [12] and was shortlisted for the critic of the year award at The British Press Awards in 2019. [13]
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