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add ref - when you make your own family the subject of your own column, and commerically take payment for it, it can hardly be us "intruding" when using it as a ref - http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/31/stepmothers-survival-guide
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→‎Early life: too much detail removed - no need for brothers name, but she did acknowledge her brother Lorenzo in her writings/his obit in Guardian - link to associated article reinserted - http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/04/medicalrese
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==Early life==
==Early life==
Odone was born in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], to an [[Italy|Italian]] father, [[Augusto Odone]], and a [[Sweden|Swedish]] mother.<ref name=CurtisBrown/><ref name="masters">{{cite news | last = Odone | first = Cristina | title = How well they knew us, those old masters | work = The Observer | date = 2006-03-26 | url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1739807,00.html | location=London}}</ref>
Odone was born in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], to an [[Italy|Italian]] father, [[Augusto Odone]], and a [[Sweden|Swedish]] mother.<ref name=CurtisBrown/><ref name="masters">{{cite news | last = Odone | first = Cristina | title = How well they knew us, those old masters | work = The Observer | date = 2006-03-26 | url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1739807,00.html | location=London}}</ref> Her half-brother was [[Lorenzo Odone]], for whom [[Lorenzo's oil]] is named.<ref name="vindicated">{{cite news | first=Cristina | last=Odone | title='Lorenzo's oil, which my father and stepmother invented, was vindicated' |date=2005-07-17 | publisher=The Observer | url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1530211,00.html | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/04/medicalresearch.genetics|title=Obituary: Lorenzo Odone| first=Cristina | last=Odone |date=2008-06-04 | publisher=The Guardian| accessdate=2012-02-24}}</ref>


Odone's father was a [[World Bank Group|World Bank]] official, which led to the family regularly moving. Odone went initially to Marymount School, then later to the [[National Cathedral School]].


When her parents divorced,<ref name=GuardSMG/> Odone moved to the United Kingdom to go to [[St Clare's International School|St Clare's]], a boarding school in [[Oxford]].<ref name="NCR">{{cite news | first=Peter | last=Hebblethwaite | title=Lorenzo's sister edits Catholic paper | date=1993-02-26 | publisher=National Catholic Reporter | url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_n17_v29/ai_13540825}}</ref> Odone studied [[France|French]] literature and history at [[Worcester College, Oxford]].<ref name=CurtisBrown/><ref name="NCR" />
Odone's father was a [[World Bank Group|World Bank]] official, which led to the family regularly moving. Odone went initially to Marymount School, then later to the [[National Cathedral School]]. After her parents divorce,<ref name=GuardSMG/> Odone moved to the United Kingdom to go to [[St Clare's International School|St Clare's]], a boarding school in [[Oxford]].<ref name="NCR">{{cite news | first=Peter | last=Hebblethwaite | title=Lorenzo's sister edits Catholic paper | date=1993-02-26 | publisher=National Catholic Reporter | url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_n17_v29/ai_13540825}}</ref> Odone studied [[France|French]] literature and history at [[Worcester College, Oxford]].<ref name=CurtisBrown/><ref name="NCR" />


==Journalist==
==Journalist==

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Cristina Patricia Odone (born 11 November 1960)[1] is an Italian journalist, editor, and writer living in the United Kingdom. She has written for several newspapers, and was formerly the editor of The Catholic Herald, and deputy editor of the New Statesman.[2]

Early life

Odone was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to an Italian father, Augusto Odone, and a Swedish mother.[2][3] Her half-brother was Lorenzo Odone, for whom Lorenzo's oil is named.[4][5]


Odone's father was a World Bank official, which led to the family regularly moving. Odone went initially to Marymount School, then later to the National Cathedral School. After her parents divorce,[6] Odone moved to the United Kingdom to go to St Clare's, a boarding school in Oxford.[7] Odone studied French literature and history at Worcester College, Oxford.[2][7]

Journalist

After university, Odone edited The Catholic Herald from 1991-1995.[2][8] Odone later worked for the World Bank in Washington, D.C., as an advisor to European companies.[7]

In 1991, Odone became the editor of The Catholic Herald,[2] resigning in 1996 in order to be able to finish her second novel, A Perfect Wife.[9] In 1996, Odone became the television critic for The Daily Telegraph, a position she held for two years.[2][10] In 1998, Odone became deputy editor of the New Statesman.[11] Odone resigned in November 2004.[12] For six years Odone was a weekly columnist for The Observer.[8] In 2005, Odone wrote and presented a Channel 4 documentary directed by David Malone called Dispatches: Women Bishops.[13]

A frequent contributor to radio and televisiond debates, Odone is presently a columnist for the Daily Telegraph[14]

Author

Odone has had four novels published: The Shrine (1996),[15] A Perfect Wife (1997),[16] The Dilemmas of Harriet Carew (2008)[17] and The Good Divorce Guide (2009)[18] She contributed to Why I am still a Catholic (2005)[19]

Personal

Odone is married to Edward Lucas,[2] a writer for The Economist magazine.[20] The couple have three children.[6]

References

  1. ^ Odone, Cristina (2006-11-05). "What a tangled web we are weaving". London: The Observer.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Cristina Odone". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  3. ^ Odone, Cristina (2006-03-26). "How well they knew us, those old masters". The Observer. London.
  4. ^ Odone, Cristina (2005-07-17). "'Lorenzo's oil, which my father and stepmother invented, was vindicated'". London: The Observer.
  5. ^ Odone, Cristina (2008-06-04). "Obituary: Lorenzo Odone". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  6. ^ a b Cristina Odone (31 October 2009). "The stepmothers' survival guide". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  7. ^ a b c Hebblethwaite, Peter (1993-02-26). "Lorenzo's sister edits Catholic paper". National Catholic Reporter.
  8. ^ a b "Cristina Odone". Centre for Policy Studies. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  9. ^ Brown, Andrew (1996-08-18). "After the apocalypse, enter Ms Jones". The Independent.
  10. ^ Cripps, Charlotte (2002-11-12). "Media: My greatest mistake: 32 - Cristina Odone, Deputy Editor of the New Statesman". The Independent.
  11. ^ Rowan, David (2004-11-03). "Interview: Cristina Odone, New Statesman (Evening Standard)". David Rowan.
  12. ^ Rowan, David (11-04-2004). "New Left is up to its old tricks". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 July 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Description of Dispatches programme
  14. ^ "Cristina Odone". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  15. ^ Odone, Cristina (1996). The Shrine. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-81661-6.
  16. ^ Odone, Cristina (1997). A Perfect Wife. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-81811-2.
  17. ^ Odone, Cristina (2008). The Dilemmas of Harriet Carew. HarperPress. ISBN 0-007-26365-1.
  18. ^ Odone, Cristina (2009). The Good Divorce Guide. HarperPress. ISBN 0-007-28973-1.
  19. ^ Stanford, Peter (2005). Why I am still a Catholic. London: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-8577-4.
  20. ^ Odone, Cristina (2009-01-21). "How to meet and marry a man after 40". The Daily Telegraph. London.

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