Bella Mackie Explained

Birth Name:Isabella Kathleen Rusbridger
Birth Date:28 July 1983
Father:Alan Rusbridger

Isabella Kathleen Rusbridger (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Bella Mackie, is an English author, journalist, and comedy writer.

Early life

Mackie is the daughter of Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of The Guardian, and Lindsay Mackie. She grew up in North London, where she lives to this day.[1] [2] Mackie began her studies at university, but withdrew for mental health reasons. She had dealt with anxiety, agoraphobia, panic attacks, and OCD since childhood.[3]

Career

After working as a journalist, Mackie's first book Jog On is a non-fiction account of how running helped her to alleviate mental health problems.[4]

Her second book, How to Kill Your Family explores funny ways for women to kill people in an attempt to subvert the attention given to men who murder women.[5] An adaptation of the book was commissioned by Netflix in 2024, with Anya Taylor-Joy attached to star.[6]

Personal life

Mackie met her first husband at age 28, but they divorced less than two years later.[7] She took up running in the aftermath of her divorce.[8] In 2018, Mackie married Greg James, a DJ on BBC Radio 1 and television presenter.[9] [10]

Bibliography

Nonfiction

Fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Standing still. Bella's Newsletter. Bella. Mackie. 24 January 2023. 21 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Bella Mackie. Country Life. 6 May 2020. 21 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Bella Mackie: "Running taught me how not to be scared". Women's Running. 10 December 2019. 21 August 2024.
  4. News: . Jan 5, 2019 . Bella Mackie: How going for a jog saved my life . ITV News . Jul 15, 2024.
  5. News: Ingle . Róisín . Jul 24, 2024 . Bella Mackie 'It's a fantasy, no woman is allowed to be like this anyway' . The Irish Times . the fetishisation of men who murder women "where the women are killed but you don't really find out anything about them and the murderers are admired and lauded, in a way". Jul 15, 2024.
  6. Web site: Anya Taylor-Joy to Star in ‘How to Kill Your Family’ Series Adaptation at Netflix. Variety. 21 August 2024. 21 August 2024. Ellise. Shafer.
  7. Web site: Single Minded: The Difference Between Being Single And Being Alone. British Vogue. Bella. Mackie. 11 March 2017. 21 August 2024.
  8. Web site: How running cured my anxiety – and a broken heart. The Guardian. Bella. Mackie. 5 January 2019. 21 August 2024.
  9. News: Greg James announces engagement to girlfriend on Instagram . BBC News. 1 June 2018.
  10. Web site: Inside Greg James and Bella Mackie's north London pad with beloved pooch Barney. OK!. Kirsten. Jones. 15 July 2021. 26 October 2023.

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