Jane Moore

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This article is about the British journalist. For the attempted assassin of Gerald Ford, see Sara Jane Moore.

Jane Wendy Moore (born 17 May 1962 in Oxford, England) is a British journalist, author and television presenter.

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[edit] Early life

Her father was a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, and her mother was a teacher. She went to primary school in Oxford, then went to the Worcester Grammar School for Girls (since 1983 the Worcester Sixth Form College) on Spetchley Road in Worcester, when her parents divorced. Since the divorce, she has not heard from her father. At school, she always wanted to be a journalist, but was told by her teachers that 'it was no job for a lady'. She studied journalism at the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education (now UWIC) in Cardiff, then trained at the Solihull News in 1981, moving to work full time at the Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Post.

[edit] Career

She started part-time at the People in 1984, then later worked there. She had tried to find work at the Sun, but had never got any, and in 1985, a new newspaper called the Sunday Sport began, which was looking for journalists. She applied, thinking it was a genuine rival in quality to The Sun, and she was asked to be news editor at the age of 23. It came as a shock to her when she found out the true nature of the paper (the sexual content didn't offend her), and she left after a month. Kelvin Mackenzie had read about her and invited her for an interview, where she became editor of the Bizarre section of the Sun, when she was 23, working with his brother Craig, and Gary Bushell. She remained there for a year. She briefly became an estate agent for Townends, then returned to journalism, working at the short-lived Today newspaper in 1989. She became Features Editor at the Daily Mirror in 1993 and Womans Editor at The Sun in 1995, becoming a columnist in 1996.

Moore is a columnist for The Sun and writes regular articles for The Sunday Times. She has also been writing for the Hello! magazine.

In television and radio she has presented the daily breakfast show on LBC and regularly co-presented the acclaimed British version of The View (Loose Women), ITV's This Morning and BBC1's Crimewatch Daily. Further on, Jane Moore is the author of the international bestselling novels Fourplay (2001), The Ex Files (2003), and Love @ First Site (2005).

Recently, she has gone into acting, with being one of the main guest panelists on a BBC Three show called Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, a comedic take on celebrity panel shows.

She started the consumer website, Youthejury.com in 2006.

[edit] Books

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[edit] Fourplay

Jane Moore's first book, which was published in 2001, is about Josephine Miles. At age thirty-three, she is forced to come up with a new life when her husband leaves her for "the cliché" - his very young, very pretty secretary. Suddenly she's single and back in the dating game with the added complication of children in tow. But Josephine is no wallflower, and she soon finds herself with not one but four eligible bachelors vying for her time and affections. Add her two kids and her now booming interior design business to the mix, and she winds up with a nightmarish schedule but a dreamy love life.

[edit] The Ex Files

This book came out in 2003 and is about Fay, who is about to get married. Fay decides to have one last fling before she ties the knot. And, in a bid to be modern and grown up, she and her fiance have invited a potentially explosive mix of ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends to their wedding. Fay is determined to have a good time, but one person present has other ideas.

[edit] dot.homme

A romantic comedy set against the background of Internet dating, published in 2004. Jess Monroe is 34 and perfectly happy being single. But her friends think otherwise and, as a birthday present, buy her an ad on an Internet dating site. Furious, she eventually agrees to go on just three dates - and ventures into a world where the description on the tin rarely matches the contents. Once her reservations have faded, she embarks on several dates of varying success - until one day a catastrophic event brings her life sharply into focus and makes her re-evaluate everything she's ever known.

[edit] The Second Wives Club

The book came out in 2005 and is about Alison and Luca, who have just exchanged wedding vows and are preparing to cap off their perfect day at the wedding reception. But before the champagne even hits the crystal stemware, Luca's first wife storms in and snatches back her children. When the fuss has died down, Alison's friend Sarah confides that a few women she knows have started The Second Wives Club, where they get together to vent about the drama that inevitably unfolds when you share your husband with another woman. The club's members include Julia (a stunning wife whose husband insists on remaining uncomfortably close to his former spouse), Susan (whose husband is the classic widower who can't let go of his ex's memory), and Sarah (whose cross to bear is a bitch on wheels). Together, they ride the roller-coaster of their chosen lives and - as they contend with malicious gossip, scheming divorce lawyers, and ex-wives intent on sabotaging their relationships - ultimately must decide what's best for their marriages, their husbands, and themselves.

[edit] Love @ First Site

This book, which was published in 2005, is about the spunky and sweet-natured Jessica Monroe. She is 34 years old and perfectly happy being single. Her girlfriends, however, disapprove. And when they secretly place a personal ad on a hot singles Web site on her behalf, Jessica is reluctantly hurtled into the topsy-turvy world of online dating, where frogs masquerade as princes - but your soul mate might be just one click away. After a series of disastrous dates, Jessica starts to wonder if the qualities she thinks she wants in a man are what she ultimately needs. And whether, as a new mystery suitor appears in her e-mail in-box, Cupid has other possibilities up his sleeve. The book is exactly the same as dot.homme except that the characters names have been changed, along with their occupations. Jake is now a doctor and Jesse is a senior nurse instead of a midwife. There are only 42 words that have been changed.

[edit] Personal life

She married Gary Farrow, the former vice-president of communications at Sony Music Entertainment, in 2002. Elton John was the best man at their wedding. Her husband owns a PR agency called The Corporation Group. They live in Richmond with their three daughters.

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