Andrea Ashworth
English writer and academic
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Andrea Ashworth (born 1969) is an English writer and academic, known for her memoir Once in a House on Fire, which won the Somerset Maugham Award from the Society of Authors in 1999.
Andrea Ashworth | |
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| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Education | Hertford College, Oxford Jesus College, Oxford |
Early life and education
Ashworth was born into a working class household in Manchester in 1969. Her father died when she was five. She studied at Xaverian College in Manchester[1] She studied at Hertford College, Oxford, where she was a scholar.[2] She later became a Junior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.[3]
Career
Once in a House on Fire, published in 1998, won the Somerset Maugham Award from the Society of Authors in 1999.[4] It tells the story of her traumatic upbringing and the abuse that she suffered at the hands of her two stepfathers.[3]
She later moved to America.[5]
