Helen Lewis
Atlantic staff writer; former New Statesman deputy editor; author of Difficult Women.
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The Atlantic (staff writer)
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- Helen Lewis is an English journalist and a staff writer at The Atlantic from July 2019.
- She was deputy editor of the New Statesman from 2012 and has written for The Guardian and The Sunday Times.
- Her books are Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025).
- She presents The Spark and made The New Gurus for BBC Radio 4.
Key facts
- Current role
- Staff writer, The Atlantic, from July 20191
- Born
- 30 September 1983, Worcester1
- Education
- BA in English, St Peter's College, Oxford (2004); postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism, City University; MA in English, Open University (2011)1
- New Statesman
- Assistant editor from 2010; deputy editor from 20121
- Books
- Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights (2020); The Genius Myth (2025)1
- Broadcasting
- The Spark (BBC Radio 4, from 2019); The New Gurus (BBC Radio 4, 2022)1
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