Lucy Mangan
{{Short description|British columnist (born 1974)}}
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| education = Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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| employer =The Guardian
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| website = {{URL|theguardian.com/profile/lucymangan|theguardian.com}}
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Lucy Mangan (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.
Early life and education
Mangan was born in 1974{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Kathryn |title=Bookworm by Lucy Mangan review – an enchanting memoir of childhood reading |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/10/bookworm-memoir-childhood-reading-lucy-mangan-review |website=The Guardian |access-date=8 April 2025 |date=10 March 2018}} and grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from Lancashire. Her father worked in theatre, and her mother was a doctor.{{cite news |last1=Mangan |first1=Lucy |title=I'd never kissed a Tory - then I married one |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/why-im-glad-i-married-a-tory---even-though-im-left-wing/ |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 February 2016}}
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.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10030351/Feminist-education-has-been-the-making-of-me.html Feminist education has been the making of me] Interview with The Daily Telegraph, 6 May 2013
Career
= Journalism =
Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews, and occasional features at The Guardian[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lucymangan Lucy Mangan's page at the Guardian] Last accessed March 2016{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/25/inside-the-bruderhof-review-is-this-a-religious-stirring-i-feel|title=Inside the Bruderhof review – is this a religious stirring I feel?|last=Mangan|first=Lucy|date=2019-07-25|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-23|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} and is an opinion writer for i news.{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/author/lucy-mangan | title=Lucy Mangan }} A major part of her writing is related to feminism.[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/lucy-mangan-feminism Mangan on her feminism], The Guardian, 19 September 2009{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/lucy-mangan-weekend-column+world/feminism|title=Lucy Mangan's weekend column + Feminism – Lifeandstyle|website=The Guardian}}
Mangan also has a regular column for Stylist magazine.[http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/lucy-mangan Lucy Mangan's page at Stylist magazine] Accessed March 2016
= Books =
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.[http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/lucy-mangan/ Biography at Blake Freidman] Agent's page, accessed March 2016
Her debut novel, Are We Having Fun Yet?, was published in 2021. The Scotsman
Other activities
Mangan has been a judge for the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize.{{cite web |url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/4/2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045416/http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/4/2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 April 2014 |title=Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012 |website=www.booktrust.org.uk |publisher=Book Trust |access-date=20 April 2016}}
Recognition and awards
Mangan won the columnist of the year award at the Professional Publishers Association Awards in 2013,{{Cite web |date=2013-06-20 |title=Lucy Mangan wins Columnist of the Year at PPA Awards! |url=http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/lucy-mangan-wins-columnist-of-the-year-at-ppa-awards |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Blake Friedmann |language=en-GB}} and was shortlisted for the critic of the year award at The British Press Awards in 2019.{{Cite web |title=National Press Awards Shortlist – Society of Editors |url=https://www.societyofeditors.org/events/national-press-awards-2019/national-press-awards-shortlist/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Mangan and her husband have a son.{{cite news |last1=Mangan |first1=Lucy |title=Lucy Mangan is Outspoken: "I'll never take my husband's last name" |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/lucy-mangan/ill-never-take-my-husbands-last-name/9727 |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=Stylist |date=18 March 2011 |language=en}}
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
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External links
- [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lucymangan The Guardian profile page]
- [https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/lucy-mangan Stylist column listing]
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Category:Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Category:English women non-fiction writers
Category:English women journalists
Category:English television critics
Category:Writers from the London Borough of Lewisham
Category:The Guardian journalists
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