A little about Lucy
Born in 1970 Lucy was raised and educated in Cambridge, England. She went on to study French and Russian at Oxford University. Lucy has worked as a journalist, writing for many British newspapers including: the Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Times and the London Evening Standard as well as working for New York magazine in the USA. During her career she has made many broadcast appearances on radio and television - recently she appeared on Today (MSNBC) and the Charlie Rose program in the states.
Lucy has toured the world, giving popular talks on physics, astronomy and cosmology to young audiences. She was an invited guest speaker at NASA’s 50th birthday celebrations where she gave a talk on engaging young people in science and education. Lucy is also the winner of the Sapio Prize for Popularizing Science 2008.
In 2010, Lucy was invited to be Inaugural Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Origins Project at ASU in the USA. During her very successful residency, Lucy worked with local schools, taught at ASU, participated in debates for Project Humanities and organized the Dear Aliens competition. Lucy was the Distinguished Speaker in 2010 at ASU for the ‘Science Fiction or Fact’ lecture series at the Cosmology and Beyond Institute. In 2010- 2011, Lucy was also Visiting International Fellow at the Institute of Humanities Research at ASU where she wrote a paper on the Origins of Evil.
She has one son, William who has autistic spectrum disorder, and she takes an active role in supporting people with the condition: Lucy is a friend of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) in Cambridge as well as Vice President of the Star Foundation. The Star Foundation provides care and education for some of the most disabled and disadvantaged young people in the UK. Lucy ran the London marathon in 2005 to support the National Autistic Society and hopes to run again in London's Olympic year, 2012. Lucy has close links with the Motor Neurone Disease Association in the UK, particularly on issues to do with young people whose parents have developed MND.
She has written three adventure stories based on science for a young readership. The most recent is George and the Big Bang which she co-authored with her father Professor Stephen Hawking. Translated into 37 languages, the George series of books has been critically and commercially successful and has brought the complex concepts of physics and cosmology to a new audience.
Lucy has toured the world, giving popular talks on physics, astronomy and cosmology to young audiences. She was an invited guest speaker at NASA’s 50th birthday celebrations where she gave a talk on engaging young people in science and education. Lucy is also the winner of the Sapio Prize for Popularizing Science 2008.
In 2010, Lucy was invited to be Inaugural Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Origins Project at ASU in the USA. During her very successful residency, Lucy worked with local schools, taught at ASU, participated in debates for Project Humanities and organized the Dear Aliens competition. Lucy was the Distinguished Speaker in 2010 at ASU for the ‘Science Fiction or Fact’ lecture series at the Cosmology and Beyond Institute. In 2010- 2011, Lucy was also Visiting International Fellow at the Institute of Humanities Research at ASU where she wrote a paper on the Origins of Evil.
She has one son, William who has autistic spectrum disorder, and she takes an active role in supporting people with the condition: Lucy is a friend of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) in Cambridge as well as Vice President of the Star Foundation. The Star Foundation provides care and education for some of the most disabled and disadvantaged young people in the UK. Lucy ran the London marathon in 2005 to support the National Autistic Society and hopes to run again in London's Olympic year, 2012. Lucy has close links with the Motor Neurone Disease Association in the UK, particularly on issues to do with young people whose parents have developed MND.
She has written three adventure stories based on science for a young readership. The most recent is George and the Big Bang which she co-authored with her father Professor Stephen Hawking. Translated into 37 languages, the George series of books has been critically and commercially successful and has brought the complex concepts of physics and cosmology to a new audience.
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