Lucy Hawking

Lucy Hawking could have coasted on the most famous surname in physics; instead she found the harder, more generous job — translating the universe for children. As a journalist turned novelist and science communicator, she occupies a space I think is badly undervalued: the bridge between research and wonder. Her father described black holes in equations; she smuggles the same ideas into bedtime stories, which arguably reaches more future scientists than any lecture hall. I admire that she defined herself through craft rather than lineage. Her social handle, journey to space, says it plainly: the family business continues, just in a warmer voice.

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Name (English)

Lucy Hawking

Name (Japanese)

ルーシー・ホーキング

Reading

るーしー・ほーきんぐ

Born

November 2, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

journalist / novelist / writer / author / science communicator

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

University

University College, Oxford

• Official sitehttps://lucyhawking.com
• Xhttps://x.com/journeytospace
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy%20Hawking
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2209781

Tags

• journalist
• novelist
• writer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.