Laura Barton Explained

Laura Barton (born 1977) is an English journalist and writer. She writes mainly for The Guardian, and wrote a novel, Twenty-One Locks, published in 2010.

Biography

Barton was born in and grew up in the village of Newburgh in Lancashire, and was educated at Winstanley College[1] and read for an English degree at Worcester College, Oxford. Following graduation, she began writing for The Guardian from 2000 specialising in writing features. She has also written for Q magazine, The Word, and Intelligent Life, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Much of her writing relates to rock and pop music, and until late 2011 she wrote a fortnightly column about music for The Guardians Film and Music supplement, called "Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll", as well as a weekly column on women's issues for the newspaper's G2 supplement, called "The View from a Broad".[2]

Her novel, Twenty-One Locks (2010), recounts the story of "a young small-town girl facing the biggest decision of her life." Barton has said she is working on a second novel and a non-fiction book about music.[2] A series of short stories about Northern soul was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2011.

Barton married in 2004.[3] She subsequently divorced.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lady Ashton went to my school . Laura . Barton . 23 November 2009 . . 2021-05-06.
  2. Web site: Thwaite . Mark . . Interview: Laura Barton . https://web.archive.org/web/20101207040709/http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/blog/interview-laura-barton/ . 5 August 2010 . 7 December 2010 . 2021-05-06.
  3. Web site: TFT Meets... Laura Barton . 27 August 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100826092238/http://www.paulcarr.com/tft/people/001364.php . 26 August 2010 . The Friday Thing . 2021-05-06.
  4. News: Barton . Laura . 'The last time I went home for Christmas was five years ago. I was a terrible guest' . . 24 December 2017. 2021-05-06.