Jane Green (author)

Jane Green (author)

Jane Green (Nickname: "Mummy") (born May 31, 1968) is an English author of women's novels. One of the founders of the movement known as 'chick lit' - she and Helen Fielding, author of Bridget Jones's Diary, are widely thought of as inventing the genre that the British media named in 1996 - she has moved on to write real books for real women, with millions of books in print around the world.

Born in London, England, she is divorced and now lives in Connecticut with her partner, Ian Warburg, their blended families of six children, two dogs and three cats. She attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1987-88, although she left without completing her degree and worked as a journalist throughout her twenties. At the age of 27 she was inspired to write a book about a woman being single in the city. This paid off and she published her first book, "Straight Talking" three months later.

A regular number one bestseller in the Sunday Times in the UK, The Beach House and Second Chance both sat on the New York Times bestseller list for several weeks during the summer of 2008.

She is the winner of a Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless Fiction award, and writes for various publications, both on and off-line, including The Sunday Times, Wowowow.com, and The Huffington Post.

Things that Jane Green liked, and appeared often in her earlier books, include: beige or neutral-coloured clothes, Marks & Spencer food, scrunchies, leggings, Gospel Oak, The Ivy restaurant, posh Hampstead types, boys with dimples, obsessive women.

Things that Jane Green likes now, and appears often in her current books, include: cooking, class wars, children, the error of mcmansions, infidelity, friendships, finding peace in your life, terminology from AA/other 12-step programs, and accepting life on life's terms.

Books

*"The Beach House" (2008)
*"Second Chance" (2007)
*"This Christmas" (2005)
*"swapping lives" (2005)
*"The Other Woman: A Novel" (2005)
*"To Have and To Hold: A Novel" (2004); "England's version of "To Have & to Hold" is called "Spellbound"
*"" (2003)
*"Babyville: A Novel" (2003)
*"" (2002)
*"Mr. Maybe" (2001)
*"Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans" (2000)

ources

* [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writer.asp?z=y&cid=716053 Barnes & Noble - Meet the Writers]

External links

* [http://www.janegreen.com Official Site]


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