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Lucy Katherine Mangan[1] (born 1974) is a British journalist and author. She is a columnist, features writer and TV critic for The Guardian.[2] A major part of her writing is related to feminism.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Biography

Mangan grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from Lancashire.[10] Her father worked in theatre, and her mother was a doctor.[11] She read 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.[10][12]

Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews and occasional features at The Guardian.[13] 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.[10][12] 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".[14]

Mangan also has a regular column for Stylist magazine[15] and has been a judge for the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize.[16]

Mangan and her husband have one son.[17][12]

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

External links

• Guardian profile page
• Stylist column listing

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