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]