Lynsey Hanley Explained

Lynsey Hanley (born 12 April 1976) is a British writer and academic.

Lynsey Hanley
Birth Date:	1976 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Education:	Queen Mary University of London (BA)

Biography

Hanley was born in Birmingham and grew up on a council estate in the suburb of Chelmsley Wood.^[1] 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.^[2]

As of 2023 she lives in Liverpool.^[3]

Bibliography

• Estates: an Intimate History (2007)
• Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide (2016)

External links

• Articles in The Guardian

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanley, Lynsey. 2017. Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide. Penguin . 20. 978-0-141-04061-5.
2. Web site: Lynsey Hanley interview: 'The idea that you could write books was just crackers'. The Guardian. Lewis, Tim. 17 April 2016. 24 April 2023.
3. Web site: Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes … because I live just around the corner. The Guardian. Hanley, Lynsey. 31 December 2022. 24 April 2023.