Lucy Mangan is a columnist and features writer for the Guardian.

A collection of her Guardian columns were published in 2009 as My Family and Other Disasters. She has also written a book satirising her personal experiences growing up called Hopscotch and Handbags: The Essential Guide to Being a Girl.

Her next book The Reluctant Bride will be published by John Murray in May 2010.
 

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