Editing Nick Hornby (section)

==Early life and education==
Hornby was born in [[Redhill, Surrey]], the son of [[Derek Hornby|Sir Derek Hornby]], the chairman of [[London and Continental Railways]], and Margaret Audrey Withers.<ref name=telgref1/><ref>{{cite news|first=David |last=Brewerton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/05/sir-derek-hornby |title=Sir Derek Hornby obituary &#124; Business |newspaper=The Guardian |date=5 January 2014 |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> He was brought up in [[Maidenhead]], and educated at [[Maidenhead Grammar School]] and [[Jesus College, Cambridge]], where he read [[English studies|English]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Hornby's Official Website - Biography |url=http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/nickhornby/aboutnick/index.html |access-date=16 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029220355/http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/nickhornby/aboutnick/index.html |archive-date=29 October 2011 |date=29 October 2011}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was eleven.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/nick-hornby-my-kids-think-the-world-is-fucked/ | title=Nick Hornby: 'My kids think the world is fucked' | date=20 December 2020 }}</ref>

Before becoming a novelist, Hornby worked for a time as a [[Secondary school|secondary-school]] English teacher.