Lynsey Hanley (born 12 April 1976) is a British writer and academic.
| Lynsey Hanley | |
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| Born | (1976-04-12) 12 April 1976 (age 48) Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Education | Queen Mary University of London (BA) |
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Biography
Hanley was born in Birmingham and grew up on a council estate in the suburb of Chelmsley Wood. She studied English at Queen Mary University of London.
Hanley is a visiting fellow in cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University. She is the author of Estates: an Intimate History and Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide, and is also a regular contributor to The Guardian. A frequent theme of Hanley's work is social mobility, often based on her own journey from a working-class background to attending university and becoming a writer.
As of 2023 she lives in Liverpool.
Bibliography
- Estates: an Intimate History (2007)
- Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide (2016)
References
- Hanley, Lynsey (2017). Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide. Penguin. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-141-04061-5.
- Hanley 2017, p. 130.
- Lewis, Tim (17 April 2016). "Lynsey Hanley interview: 'The idea that you could write books was just crackers'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- Hanley, Lynsey (31 December 2022). "Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes … because I live just around the corner". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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