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Ashworth was born in Manchester in 1969. She studied at Xaverian college in Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com/Authors%20Illustrators/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Contributor&ContributorID=70557&RLE=Author|title=Andrea Ashworth|publisher=Pan MacMillan|year=2005|accessdate=17 April 2009}}</ref> She studied at [[Hertford College, Oxford]], where she was a scholar.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/backissues/9394/260594/coll.txt |title=Colleges, Halls and Societies |date=26 May 1994 |issue=4328 |volume=124 |journal=Oxford University Gazette |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |accessdate=17 April 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227054230/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/backissues/9394/260594/coll.txt |archivedate=27 December 2004 }}</ref> She later became a Junior Research Fellow of [[Jesus College, Oxford]].<ref name=Student>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2000wk6/Features/a_phoenix_from_the_ashes|work=The Oxford Student|title=A phoenix from the ashes|date=8 June 2000|accessdate=18 April 2009 |
Ashworth was born in Manchester in 1969. She studied at Xaverian college in Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com/Authors%20Illustrators/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Contributor&ContributorID=70557&RLE=Author |title=Andrea Ashworth |publisher=Pan MacMillan |year=2005 |accessdate=17 April 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011201515/http://www.panmacmillan.com/Authors%20Illustrators/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Contributor&ContributorID=70557&RLE=Author |archivedate=11 October 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref> She studied at [[Hertford College, Oxford]], where she was a scholar.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/backissues/9394/260594/coll.txt |title=Colleges, Halls and Societies |date=26 May 1994 |issue=4328 |volume=124 |journal=Oxford University Gazette |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |accessdate=17 April 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227054230/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/backissues/9394/260594/coll.txt |archivedate=27 December 2004 }}</ref> She later became a Junior Research Fellow of [[Jesus College, Oxford]].<ref name=Student>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2000wk6/Features/a_phoenix_from_the_ashes |work=The Oxford Student |title=A phoenix from the ashes |date=8 June 2000 |accessdate=18 April 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501062215/http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2000wk6/Features/a_phoenix_from_the_ashes |archivedate=1 May 2009 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} </ref> |
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==Career== |
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| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Education | Hertford College, Oxford Jesus College, Oxford |
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.
Early life and education
Ashworth was born in Manchester in 1969. 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]
See also
References
- ^ "Andrea Ashworth". Pan MacMillan. 2005. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Colleges, Halls and Societies". Oxford University Gazette. 124 (4328). University of Oxford. 26 May 1994. Archived from the original on 27 December 2004. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "A phoenix from the ashes". The Oxford Student. 8 June 2000. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Somerset Maugham Awards – Past winners". Society of Authors. 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009. [dead link]
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