Suzanne Wrack
{{short description|British journalist (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}
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Suzanne Wrack is a British journalist and writer at The Guardian. She is the author of A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football{{cite news|first1=Melanie|last1=Reid|access-date=2023-05-13|title=A Woman's Game by Suzanne Wrack review — the rise, fall and rise again of women's football|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/a-womans-game-by-suzanne-wrack-review-football-nhrkfhxgd|issn=0140-0460|website=The Times}} and wrote You have the Power with England women's national football team captain, Leah Williamson.{{Cite web |title=Macmillan Children's Books signs Leah Williamson OBE, captain of the England women's football team |url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/books-for-children/mcb-leah-williamson |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=www.panmacmillan.com |language=en}} She features on The Guardian{{'s}} Women's Football weekly podcast.{{Cite web |title=The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/series/theguardianswomensfootballweekly |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}
Early life
Wrack grew up on a council estate in Hoxton, London. When she was 8 years old, she dreamt of being an architect, ultimately leading to her studying architecture at the University of Brighton.{{Cite web |title=One to One – Suzy Wrack: The House I Grew Up In|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jkqy |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=BBC Sounds |language=en-GB}}
Career
During her career she has worked for multiple publications as an editor and digital designer including The Sunday Times, The New Day and the Morning Star. In 2017 she joined The Guardian as a Women's football writer. She has worked as a senior broadcast journalist for BBC Sport.{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Kate |date=21 August 2022 |title=Spotlighting incredible women journalists: Suzanne Wrack |url=https://womeninjournalism.co.uk/spotlighting-incredible-women-journalists-suzy-wrack/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Women in Journalism |language=en-GB}}
Wrack is an accredited football reporter, member of the Sports Journalists' Association, Football Writers' Association and Women in Football.
Publications
- A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football (2022){{cite news|first1=Paula|last1=Cocozza|access-date=2023-05-13|title=A Woman's Game by Suzanne Wrack review – taking back the pitch|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/22/a-womans-game-by-suzanne-wrack-review-football-pitch-megan-rapinoe-history|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 June 2022|issn=0261-3077}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-13|title=A Woman's Game (The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football) by Suzanne Wrack|url=https://www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editorial/8156|website=The Crack}}
- Strong Women: Fifty Modern Icons of Sport (2023)
Awards
In 2023, Wrack's book A Woman's Game won The Sunday Times Sports Book Vikki Orvice Award for New Women's Sports Writing.{{Cite web |title=sportsbookaward/status/1661469574947282944 |url=https://twitter.com/sportsbookaward/status/1661469574947282944 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
References
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External links
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Alumni of the University of Brighton
Category:British women podcasters
Category:British women sportswriters
Category:English sportswriters
Category:Journalists from London