Lucy O'Brien

Dr Lucy O'Brien is a writer/academic and author of She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Popular , Dusty: The Classic Biography and Madonna: Like an Icon , as well as co-authoring Skin's memoir, It Takes Blood and Gut s. Lucy was a judge for the Penderyn Music Book Prize in 2018 and has contributed to numerous publications including Q , Mojo , NME the Sunday Times , the Guardian , Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire . She is also a TV/radio broadcaster, having co-produced Righteous Babes , the...See more

Dr Lucy O'Brien is a writer/academic and author of She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Popular , Dusty: The Classic Biography and Madonna: Like an Icon , as well as co-authoring Skin's memoir, It Takes Blood and Gut s. Lucy was a judge for the Penderyn Music Book Prize in 2018 and has contributed to numerous publications including Q , Mojo , NME the Sunday Times , the Guardian , Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire . She is also a TV/radio broadcaster, having co-produced Righteous Babes , the Channel 4 film about women in rock, and scripted the BBC Radio 2 series She Bop . Her PhD is on women's agency and power in popular music and, back in 1979/80, she played in all-female punk band, the Catholic Girls. See less