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Lucy Mangan

Lucy Katherine Mangan[1] (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.[2][3] A major part of her writing is related to feminism.[4][5]

Lucy Mangan

1974

  • Writer
  • television critic

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Biography[edit]

Mangan grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from Lancashire.[6] Her father worked in theatre, and her mother was a doctor.[7] 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.[6][8]


Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews and occasional features at The Guardian.[9] 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.[6][8] 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 also has a regular column for Stylist magazine[11] and has been a judge for the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize.[12] She won the columnist of the year award at the Professional Publishers Association Awards in 2013[13] and was shortlisted for the critic of the year award at The British Press Awards in 2019.[14]


Mangan and her husband have one son.[15][8]

My Family and other Disasters, Hachette (2010)  0852653689

ISBN

The Reluctant Bride: One Woman's Journey (Kicking and Screaming) Down the Aisle, Guardian Books (2012)  184854359X

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Hopscotch & Handbags: The Truth about Being a Girl, Headline (2013)  9780755316489

ISBN

, Puffin UK/US (2014) ISBN 9780147513489

Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory

Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading, Square Peg (2018)  9781784709228

ISBN

Are We Having Fun Yet?, Souvenir, (2021)

Guardian profile page

Stylist column listing