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Rachel Cooke (born 1969-70) is a British journalist and writer.
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- Their brilliant careers rachel cooke and ben watt with david kynaston
- Rachel cooke
- Early life
- Career
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
Rachel cooke
Early life
Born in Sheffield, the daughter of a university lecturer, Cooke attended Oxford University.
Career
Cooke began her career as a reporter for The Sunday Times. She has also written for the New Statesman, where she is television critic, and is a writer for The Observer newspaper. In the 'Lost Booker Prize' for 1970, announced in March 2010, Cooke was one of the three judges. Since 2010, Cooke has been reviewing graphic novels for The Guardian's "Graphic novel of the month".
Cooke's first book, Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties, was published in autumn 2013.
Awards
In 2006 she was named Interviewer of the Year at the British Press Awards and Feature Writer of the Year at the What the Papers Say Awards. In 2010 she was named Writer of the Year at the PPA Awards for her interviews in Esquire.
Personal life
Cooke is married to the film critic, and novelist, Anthony Quinn.