Alexandra Heminsley Explained

Alexandra Heminsley (born 1976)^[1] is a British journalist and writer, living in Brighton and Hove.^[2] She has written Running Like a Girl (2013),^[3] Leap In (2018)^{[4] [5]} and Some Body to Love (2021).

Career

Heminsley worked in publishing for six years before becoming a freelance journalist and broadcaster in 2004. She was books editor and commissioning editor of Elle magazine for eight years until 2014 and for the BBC Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman for ten years. She has reviewed books for various newspapers and currently does so for the Sara Cox show on BBC Radio 2. She is also books editor for Grazia magazine.^[6]

Publications

Books by Heminsley

• Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'til Somebody Dumps You. Pan (UK), 2007. .
• Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning to Run. London: Cornerstone, 2013. .^{[7] [8]}
• Leap In: a Woman, Some Waves, and the Will to Swim. London: Windmill, 2018. .^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Some Body to Love: A Family Story. London: Chatto & Windus, 2021. .^[12]

Books co-written with others

• Knowing the Score: My Family and Our Tennis Story. London: Chatto & Windus, 2017. With Judy Murray. .^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alexandra. Heminsley. 2021-01-02. Running like a girl : notes on learning to run - Normal Public Library. link.normalpl.org.
2. Web site: 2021-01-02. Alexandra Heminsley: 'Running gave me the language to communicate with my dad'. The Telegraph. 2 January 2015 .
3. Web site: 2021-01-02. Why a running book for girls is a runaway success. Irish Independent. 23 January 2014 .
4. Web site: 2021-01-02. Why do we swim?. www.newstatesman.com. 6 May 2017 .
5. Web site: 2021-01-02. Book review: Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves, and the Will to Swim. 1 April 2017. Irish Examiner.
6. Web site: 2021-01-02. Journalism. alexandraheminsley.com.
7. Web site: 2021-01-02. Running With the Pack by Mark Rowlands; Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley – review. 17 March 2013. The Guardian.
8. Web site: 2021-01-02. Review: Running Like a Girl, By Alexandra Heminsley. 13 April 2013. The Independent.
9. Web site: 2021-01-02. Leap In by Alexandra Heminsley review – swimming as therapy. 4 January 2017. The Guardian.
10. Web site: 2021-01-02. It's all going swimmingly for self-help author. Irish Independent. 8 January 2017 .
11. Web site: Katie. Law. 2021-01-02. Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves and the Will to Swim - review. 5 January 2017. www.standard.co.uk.
12. Web site: Claire. Allfree. 2021-01-17. Some Body to Love by Alexandra Heminsley review: unflinching, breathless and solipsistic. 11 January 2021. www.standard.co.uk.
13. Web site: 2021-01-02. Judy Murray's autobiography in running for sports book of the year. www.scotsman.com.