Lucy Hawking

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Lucy Hawking (born 2 November 1969)[1] is an English journalist and novelist[2]. She is the daughter of theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, and his first wife, Jane Hawking (née Wilde). She lives in London[3].

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[edit] Education and career

Hawking read French and Russian at the University of Oxford, and then commenced work as a journalist[4]. She has worked for New York Magazine and has written for the Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Times, and the London Evening Standard[5]. She has also worked as a radio journalist[6].

Hawking has written two novels: Jaded (2004) and Run for Your Life (2005) (also published as The Accidental Marathon).

Hawking is an administrative staff member of the Autism Research Centre (ARC), which is situated within the School of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry, Section of Developmental Psychiatry, at the University of Cambridge. She is in charge of Friends of the ARC[7]. She became interested in autism when her son was diagnosed with the disorder.

[edit] Marriage and family

Hawking married Alex Mackenzie Smith in 1998, the year after the birth of their son, William. The couple have since been reported to be separated[8].

She has two brothers: Robert (born 1967), and Tim, (born 1979)[9]. Her father, Stephen Hawking, a well known British physicist, has the condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a type of motor neuron disease. Lucy Hawking has spoken publicly of her concern for her father's welfare. She has suggested she believes he was assaulted by his second wife, Elaine (née Mason), for more than a decade[10]. Her father's injuries were reported to the police on two occasions, in August 2003 by Lucy herself[11]. However, the police determined that there was no evidence of "criminal acts".

[edit] Health

Hawking has undergone treatment for alcoholism; she has claimed that her alcoholism was motivated by depression and stress[12].

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Larsen, Kristine [2005]. Stephen Hawking: A Biography. Greenwood Publishing Group, xv. ISBN 0313323925. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 
  2. ^ Stephen Hawking, NNDB, www.nndb.com.
  3. ^ Lucy Hawking, www.fischerverlage.de.
  4. ^ Shadowland, www.theage.com.au, 21 April 2004.
  5. ^ ARC Staff; Lucy Hawking, www.autismresearchcentre.com.
  6. ^ Lucy Hawking, www.fischerverlage.de.
  7. ^ ARC Staff; Lucy Hawking, www.autismresearchcentre.com.
  8. ^ Shadowland, www.theage.com.au, 21 April 2004.
  9. ^ Stephen Hawking, NNDB, www.nndb.com.
  10. ^ Shadowland, www.theage.com.au, 21 April 2004.
  11. ^ Stephen Hawking to divorce second wife, www.thisislondon.co.uk, 19 October 2006.
  12. ^ Shadowland, www.theage.com.au, 21 April 2004.

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