Author photo: Clara Molden
MICHAEL HOGAN
Agent: Juliet Pickering
Assistant: Finlay Charlesworth
Michael Hogan is a writer and editor with a 30-year career in journalism. After running his own magazine while studying English at Durham, he did a postgraduate diploma in magazine journalism at City University.
He began his frankly ludicrous career by being the “token boy” at teen mags More! and Just 17, became editor of Sky magazine, launched Zoo, and worked on the likes of FHM, ShortList, Stylist and Heat. As a freelance writer for the past 12 years, he’s been TV critic for the Telegraph and written for The Guardian, The Observer, Radio Times, Red, Q, Empire, Marie Claire, Grazia, Glamour, InStyle, Esquire, ES and You magazine.
Michael now writes mainly about TV and pop culture, but also turns his hand to lifestyle pieces, topical comment, celebrity interviews and humorous articles. He’s also a live-blogger, script-tickler, copywriter and editorial consultant for the National TV Awards. He even DJs under the name “Mr Sparkles” (long story). He’s a worryingly prolific tweeter, and makes regular appearances on TV and radio.
He lives in London with his partner, their two children and a rescue dog called Betty. To escape them all and get some work/procrastination done, he commutes to a shed at the bottom of his garden.
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