Alexandra Heminsley (born 1976)[1] is a British journalist and writer, living in Brighton and Hove.[2] She has written Running Like a Girl (2013),[3] Leap In (2018)[4][5] and Some Body to Love (2021).
Career
editHeminsley worked in publishing for six years before becoming a freelance journalist and broadcaster in 2004. She was books editor and commissioning editor of Elle magazine for eight years until 2014 and for the BBC Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman for ten years. She has reviewed books for various newspapers and currently does so for the Sara Cox show on BBC Radio 2. She is also books editor for Grazia magazine.[6]
Publications
editBooks by Heminsley
edit- Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'til Somebody Dumps You. Pan (UK), 2007. ISBN 9780330452427.
- Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning to Run. London: Cornerstone, 2013. ISBN 9780099558958.[7][8]
- Leap In: a Woman, Some Waves, and the Will to Swim. London: Windmill, 2018. ISBN 978-1681777726.[9][10][11]
- Some Body to Love: A Family Story. London: Chatto & Windus, 2021. ISBN 9781784743079.[12]
Books co-written with others
edit- Knowing the Score: My Family and Our Tennis Story. London: Chatto & Windus, 2017. With Judy Murray. ISBN 978-1784741792.[13]
References
edit- ^ Heminsley, Alexandra. "Running like a girl : notes on learning to run - Normal Public Library". link.normalpl.org. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Alexandra Heminsley: 'Running gave me the language to communicate with my dad'". The Telegraph. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Why a running book for girls is a runaway success". Irish Independent. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Why do we swim?". www.newstatesman.com. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Book review: Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves, and the Will to Swim". Irish Examiner. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Journalism". alexandraheminsley.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Running With the Pack by Mark Rowlands; Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley – review". The Guardian. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Review: Running Like a Girl, By Alexandra Heminsley". The Independent. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Leap In by Alexandra Heminsley review – swimming as therapy". The Guardian. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "It's all going swimmingly for self-help author". Irish Independent. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Law, Katie (5 January 2017). "Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves and the Will to Swim - review". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Allfree, Claire (11 January 2021). "Some Body to Love by Alexandra Heminsley review: unflinching, breathless and solipsistic". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Judy Murray's autobiography in running for sports book of the year". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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