Lynn Barber was born in 1944 and studied English at the University of Oxford. She began her career in journalism at Penthouse, and progressed to the Independent on Sunday, the Observer, the Telegraph, and the Sunday Times, as well as Vanity Fair. She has won six British Press Awards and has two published two volumes of her celebrated interviews. An Education (2010), Lynn's memoir about her schoolgirl affair with a con-man, was made into an Oscar-nominated film in 2010, with a screenplay by Nick Hornby, starring Carey Mulligan. A Curious Career, published in May 2014, continued the story of her life as a journalist and interviewer. A Little Art Education documents her fascination with art and artists.

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Lynn Barber was born in 1944 and studied English at the University of Oxford. She began her career in journalism at Penthouse, and progressed to the Independent on Sunday, the Observer, the Telegraph, and the Sunday Times, as well as Vanity Fair. She has won six British Press Awards and has two published two volumes of her celebrated interviews. An Education (2010), Lynn's memoir about her schoolgirl affair with a con-man, was made into an Oscar-nominated film in 2010, with a screenplay by Nick Hornby, starring Carey Mulligan. A Curious Career, published in May 2014, continued the story of her life as a journalist and interviewer. A Little Art Education documents her fascination with art and artists.

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