Lucy Mangan grew up in Catford, southeast London, to parents originally from Lancashire.
[1][3] Mangan writes a regular column, TV reviews, and occasional features at The Guardian.
[9] Mangan's book My Family and other Disasters (2009) is a collection of her newspaper columns.
The Scotsman's Kirsty McLuckie gave the novel a glowing review, describing the book as "a work of genius".
[10] Mangan has been a judge for the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize.