Andrew Brown | |
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Born | 1955 (age 68–69) London, England |
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Language | English |
Notable works | Fishing in Utopia |
Notable awards | Orwell Prize |
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thewormbook |
Andrew Brown (born 1955 in London) is an English journalist, writer, and editor.[1] He was one of the founding staff members of The Independent, where he worked as a religious correspondent, parliamentary sketch writer, and a feature writer. [2] He has written extensively on technology for Prospect and the New Statesman and been a feature writer on The Guardian.[3] He has worked as the editor for the Belief section of The Guardian's Comment is Free, which won a Webby under his leadership,[4] and is currently a leader writer and member of the paper's editorial board. He is also the press columnist of the Church Times.[5] In The Beginning was the Worm (2004) was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize. Fishing in Utopia (2008) won the Orwell Prize and was nominated for the Dolman Best Travel Book Award in 2009.
Brown is the son of Bletchley Park codebreaker Patricia Bartley.[6]