Moran, Caitlin

Born in Brighton, the oldest child in the family (has four sisters and three brothers). Father Moran, an Irishman by birth, was a musician and, along with his wife, shared the hippie ideology. She spent her childhood in a three-room municipal apartment in Wolverhampton with her family ^[3] .

She studied at Springdale Primary School, and after graduation she moved to home education. Moran considers his childhood happy, although he left home at 18.

While still in her teens, Caitlin decided to become a writer ^[4] . At the age of 13 she received a cash prize at a competition of young writers for an essay in which she described why she loves books so much. At the age of 15 she won the “Young Reporter of the Year” competition. She began her career as a journalist at Melody Marker, a weekly music publication. In 16 years, wrote a novel ^[5] .

In 1992, Moran began a career in television. She became the host of the Naked City music show on Channel 4. It featured young British bands such as Blur , Manic Street Preachers and Boo Radleys .

Soon, Caitlin launched her own TV show Raised By Wolves, a genre that impoverished drama and comedy , the UK premiere on Channel 4 on December 4, 2013.

In July 2012, Moran received a membership in the University of Aberystwyth.

In April 2014, she received the title of one of the most influential women in Britain according to the Air Force Power Hour magazine ^[6] .

In 2011, Caitlin published a feminist book, How to Be a Woman , in the UK . As of July 2012, more than 400,000 copies were sold in 16 countries ^[7] .

In August 2013, Moran organized a 24-hour boycott of Twitter to protest the inability of the social network to solve an offensive content problem.

In June 2014, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism named Caitlin the most influential British journalist on Twitter. ^[8]

In December 1999, Moran married the music critic of The Times newspaper Peter Paradise. Spouses have two daughters born in 2001 and 2003 ^[9] .

• 2013 Comment Awards, Cultural Commentator of the Year
• 2012 London Press Club, Commentator of the Year
• 2011 Galaxy National Book Awards, Book of the Year, How to Be A Woman
• 2011 Galaxy National Book Awards, Popular Documentary Prose Book of the Year, How to Be A Woman
• 2011 British Press Awards, Interviewer of the Year
• 2011 British Press Awards, Critic of the Year
• 2011 Irish Book Award, Category Trainee Selection, How to Be A Woman
• 2011 Cosmopolitan , Writer of the Year ^[10]
• 2010 British Press Awards, Commentator of the Year

• Moran, Caitlin (1992). Moran, Caitlin. The Chronicles of Narmo. - Corgi, 1992. - ISBN 0-552-52724-6 .
• Moran, Caitlin (2011). Moran, Caitlin. How to Be a Woman . - Ebury Press, 2011. - ISBN 978-0-09-194073-7 .
• Moran, Caitlin (2012). Moran, Caitlin. Moranthology. - Ebury Press, 2012. - ISBN 978-0-09-194088-1 .
• Moran, Caitlin (2014). Moran, Caitlin. How to Build a Girl. - Ebury Press, 2014. - ISBN 978-0-09-194900-6 .
• Moran, Caitlin (2016). Moran, Caitlin. Moranifesto. - Ebury Press, 2016. - ISBN 978-0091949044 .