Jane Thynne(born 5 April 1961) is a Britishnovelist,journalistand broadcaster.
Jane Thynne | |
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| Born | 5 April 1961 Venezuela |
| Occupation | Novelist,journalist,broadcaster |
| Language | English |
| Education | BA, English Literature |
| Alma mater | St Anne's College, Oxford |
| Period | 1997– |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Spouse | Philip Kerr |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Biography
editJane Thynne was born inVenezuelaon 5 April 1961. She attendedLady Eleanor Holles SchoolinLondon.[1]She readEnglishatSt Anne's College, Oxford,gaining aBAdegree. She was married to fellow novelistPhilip Kerruntil his death in 2018, and they had three children together.[citation needed]
Career
editThynne has worked as a journalist for theBBC,The Sunday Times,The Daily Telegraph,andThe Independent,for which she was the radio critic from October 2008 to November 2011.[2]
She has been a panelist on theBBC Radio 4literary panel gameThe Write Stuffon many occasions.[citation needed]
Thynne was a member of the judging panel for theOldie of the Yearaward in 2010, won byJoanna Lumley,[3]and in 2011, won byBarry Humphries.[4]She was also a judge for the Best Online Only Audio Drama award of the firstBBC Audio Drama Awardsin 2012, won byTim FountainforRock.[citation needed]
Her first novel,Patrimony,was published in 1997. This was followed byThe Shell House(1999),The Weighing of the Heart(2010) andBlack Roses[5](2013).
Bibliography
edit- Thynne, Jane (1997).Patrimony.London:Fourth Estate.ISBN978-1-85702-656-6.
- Thynne, Jane (1999).The Shell House.London: Fourth Estate.ISBN978-1-85702-902-4.
- Thynne, Jane (2010).The Weighing of the Heart.Byline Books.ISBN978-1-907560-00-2.
- Thynne, Jane (2013).Black Roses.London:Simon & Schuster UK.ISBN978-1-84983-983-9.
- Thynne, Jane (2014).UK: The Winter Garden (USA: Woman in the Shadows).London:Simon & Schuster UK.
- Thynne, Jane (2014).UK: A War of Flowers (USA: The Scent of Secrets).London:Simon & Schuster UK.
- Thynne, Jane (2015).UK: Faith and Beauty (USA: The Pursuit of Pearls).Simon & Schuster UK.
- Thynne, Jane (2016).UK: Solitaire (USA: ).Simon & Schuster UK.
- Thynne, Jane (2020).UK: The Words I Never Wrote (USA:—).Penguin Random House.
References
edit- ^BiographyArchived14 July 2014 at theWayback Machineatjournalisted.com
- ^About Jane ThynneArchived4 September 2012 at theWayback MachineatConville and Walshliterary agency
- ^Joanna Lumley wins Oldie award for Gurkha campaignatBBC News
- ^The Oldie of The Year Awards 2011atThe Oldie
- ^[1],aWoman's Hourdiscussion about Nazi women depicted in new novels by Jane Thynne and Meike Ziervogel
External links
edit- Jane ThynneonFacebook
- Thynne, Jane (27 April 2013)."I set my teenage daughter a computer curfew".The Guardian.London: Guardian News and Media.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved20 May2013.(includes a picture of Thynne and her daughter)
- Jane ThynneonJournalisted
- "Jane Thynne's website".
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