1. Catherine Elizabeth Moran is an English journalist, broadcaster, and author at The Times, where she writes two columns a week: one for the Saturday Magazine, and the satirical Friday column "Celebrity Watch".
13 Facts About Caitlin Moran
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Caitlin Moran was named British Press Awards Columnist of the Year for 2010, and both BPA Critic of the Year 2011 and Interviewer of the Year 2011.
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Caitlin Moran was born in Brighton, the eldest of eight children; she has four sisters and three brothers.
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Caitlin Moran lived in a three-bedroom council house in Wolverhampton with her parents and siblings, an experience she described as akin to The Hunger Games.
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Caitlin Moran attended Springdale Junior School and was then educated at home from the age of 11, having attended Wolverhampton Girls' High School for only three weeks.
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Caitlin Moran describes her childhood as happy, but revealed she left home as soon as she was able to do so at the age of 18.
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Caitlin Moran began her career as a journalist for Melody Maker, the weekly music publication, at the age of 16.
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Caitlin Moran wrote a novel called The Chronicles of Narmo at the age of 16, inspired by having been part of a home-schooled family.
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In July 2012, Caitlin Moran became a Fellow of the University of Aberystwyth.
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Caitlin Moran co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name alongside John Niven.
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Caitlin Moran served as an executive producer on the film, directed by Coky Giedroyc, and starring Beanie Feldstein, Alfie Allen, Paddy Considine and Sarah Solemani.
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Caitlin Moran recalls becoming a feminist after reading The Female Eunuch as a child.
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In December 1999, Caitlin Moran married The Times' rock critic Peter Paphides in Coventry; they have two daughters, born in 2001 and 2003.