Rachel Cooke
Rachel Cooke (born 1969-70)[1] is a British journalist and writer.
Born in Sheffield,[2] the daughter of a university lecturer, Cooke attended Oxford University,[3][4] before beginning her career as a reporter for The Sunday Times. She has written for the New Statesman, where she is television critic, and is a writer for The Observer newspaper. In 2006 she was named Interviewer of the Year at the British Press Awards[5] and Feature Writer of the Year at the What the Papers Say Awards.[6] In 2010 she was named Writer of the Year at the PPA Awards for her interviews in Esquire. In the 'Lost Booker Prize' for 1970, announced in March 2010,[1] Cooke was one of the three judges.[7] Since 2010, Cooke has been reviewing graphic novels for The Guardian's "Graphic novel of the month".[8]
Cooke's first book, Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties,[9] was published in autumn 2013.
Cooke is married to the film critic, and novelist, Anthony Quinn.[10]
References
- 1 2 Rachel Cooke "The Lost Booker: a judge tells all", The Observer, 28 March 2010
- ↑ "Cooke, Rachel", Rogers, Coleridge & White Literary Agents
- ↑ Rachel Cooke "What it means to be northern when you're Down South", New Statesman, 5 December 2013
- ↑ Rachel Cooke "A conspiracy of silence allowed sexual harassment to stay routine", The Observer, 28 October 2012
- ↑ "Guardian is newspaper of the year", Press Gazette, 20 March 2006
- ↑ "Top Award for Observer Writer", The Observer, 17 December 2006
- ↑ "Authors vie for 'lost' 1970 Booker Prize", BBC News, 1 February 2010
- ↑ "Graphic novel of the month | Books". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ Yvette Huddleston "Turning the Fifties myth on its head", Yorkshire Post, 7 February 2014
- ↑ Peter Stanford "Anthony Quinn: 'I can never go home again'", The Independent, 4 January 2009
External links
- Rachel Cooke's contributor page, Guardian/Observer website
- Contributor page, New Statesman