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Jane Casey
Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin and read English at Jesus College, Oxford, followed by an MPhil in Anglo-Irish Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. She worked in publishing for nine years and commissioned best-selling children's books, specialising in fiction for teenager...
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Jane Chapman
Jane Chapman has been illustrating for Little Tiger Press for over 15 years and has produced many best-selling and award-winning titles. She shares a studio at her home in Dorset with her husband, illustrator Tim Warnes. They have two young sons.
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Jane Elson
After performing as an actress and comedy improviser for many years, Jane fell into writing stories and plays. A Room Full of Chocolate is her debut children's book. When she is not writing Jane spends her time running creative writing and comedy improvisation workshops for children with speci...
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Jane Hardstaff
Jane Hardstaff longed to be an artist, but somehow became a TV producer. She grew up in Wiltshire with her brothers, hunting mayfly-nymphs with her father and reading fairytales with her mother. Now she lives in Londons East End, near the great, wild River Thames the inspiration for her first...
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Jane Simmons
Before Jane could walk she was painting and drawing. She cried after her first day at school because they hadn't taught her to read and write in one day. From then on she hasn't stopped. Jane moved with her family and many animals around the world, living in houses, flats and camper vans movin...
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Janey Louise Jones
Janey Louise Jones was born in Edinburgh. She and her sister Victoria grew up by the seaside in Musselburgh, East Lothian just outside Edinburgh. She fell in love with reading when she was very young, and adored listening to her mother reading traditional fairy stories like Cinderella a...
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Jason Wallace
Born in Cheltenham in 1969, I spent my earlier years growing up in south-west London until my family upped and packed for a new life in southern Africa. Specifically, in Zimbabwe, where I encountered a tough, but excellent boarding school and a world of fantastic experience. Descendent...
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Jean Ure
JEAN URE was born in Caterham, Surrey and brought up in Harrow and then Croydon. She started writing when she was about six and has never stopped. Her teenage years were almost entirely devoted to writing, reading, listening to music, playing cricket and attempting to teach herself ballet. She...
