Sathnam Sanghera (born Wolverhampton, 1976) is an award-winning journalist and author.
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Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. [1] His parents had emigrated to the UK in 1968. [2][3] He was raised as a Sikh. [4] At the age of ten he worked part-time in a sewing factory. [5] He attended Wolverhampton Grammar School and graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature in 1998. [6]
Before becoming a writer Sathnam worked at a burger chain, a hospital laundry, a market research firm, a sewing factory and a literacy project in New York. [7] As a student he worked at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton and dressed up as a "news bunny" for L!VE TV. [8] Between 1998 and 2006 he was a reporter and feature writer for the Financial Times. [9]
He joined The Times as a columnist and feature writer in 2007. [10] He also writes for Management Today magazine. [11]
He is single and lives in North London. [20][21]