Andrea Ashworth | |
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| Born | 1969 (age 55–56) Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Education | Hertford College, Oxford Jesus College, Oxford |
Andrea Ashworth (born 1969) is an English writer and academic, known for her memoir Once in a House on Fire, which won the Somerset Maugham Award from the Society of Authors in 1999.
Early life and education
[edit]Ashworth was born into a working class household in Manchester in 1969. Her father died when she was five. She studied at Xaverian College in Manchester[1] She studied at Hertford College, Oxford, where she was a scholar.[2] She later became a Junior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.[3]
Career
[edit]Once in a House on Fire, published in 1998, won the Somerset Maugham Award from the Society of Authors in 1999.[4] It tells the story of her traumatic upbringing and the abuse that she suffered at the hands of her two stepfathers.[3]
She later moved to America.[5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Andrea Ashworth". Pan MacMillan. 2005. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ^ "Colleges, Halls and Societies". Oxford University Gazette. 124 (4328). University of Oxford. 26 May 1994. Archived from the original on 27 December 2004. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ^ a b "A phoenix from the ashes". The Oxford Student. 8 June 2000. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
- ^ "Somerset Maugham Awards – Past winners". Society of Authors. 2009.
- ^ and David Barnett (9 August 2025). "Andrea Ashworth wrote a classic of Mancunian literature. Why did she vanish from view?". The Mill. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
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