Jane Wenham-Jones

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Jane Wenham-Jones
Born 1964
Occupation author, Television presenter and journalist
Years active 1990–present

Jane Wenham-Jones is an author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, writing competition judge, and speaker who lives in Broadstairs, Kent, a town that appears in two of her novels. She is a columnist for the Isle of Thanet Gazette, Woman's Weekly Fiction Special and Writing Magazine.

Career

Jane began her writing career in 1995 and has published novels, short stories, non-fiction articles and two Wannabe writing guides.

More than a hundred short stories have been published in magazines across the world including Active Life, Bella, Best, Candis, Chat, More, My Weekly, The People's Friend, Pulp Fiction, Take a Break, Take a Break Fiction Feast, Woman, Woman’s Weekly, Woman's Realm, and Your Cat. A selection of these stories have been reprinted in Australia, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and The USA.

Her short stories have also appeared in fiction anthologies including Café Olé Too Hot To Handle, Diamonds and Pearls, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, and the Sexy Shorts Charity Series.

Non-fiction contributions include The Help for Heroes Cookbook, Tweet Treats, Women Leading, and The You Are What You Eat Cookbook.

Jane has regular columns in Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special, Writing Magazine,[1] and her local paper, The Isle of Thanet Gazette.[2] [3] She has written, or contributed to, articles in The Bookseller,[4] The Daily Express, [5] Family Circle, The Guardian, [6] [7] [8] [9] My Weekly, The New Writer, Psychologies, Scarlet Magazine, She, The Sun, Sunday Express,[10] The Sunday Times, [11] The Times, [12] Woman, Woman's Own, Woman's Weekly, Writing.ie [13] and The Weekender.[14][15]

Jane is a member of Equity has presented for both BBC Radio Kent and the BBC’s Politics Show.[16] Other television appearances have included The Heaven and Earth Show, Inside Out,[17] Just for Starters, Kilroy, Legal TV, Loose Lips, The Property Channel, Ready, Steady, Cook, The Russell Grant Show, The Salon, and The Wright Stuff.

She is a regular interviewer / panellist at various venues including the Guildford Book Festival [18] [19] [20] [21] and Chipping Norton Literature Festival, [22] with celebrities including Amanda Ross, Anne Cleeves, Bel Mooney, Fiona Walker, Helen Lederer, Irma Kurtz, Jenny Eclair, Jill Mansell, Judy Finnigan, Julian Clary, Kate Mosse, Katie Fforde, Lucy Mangan, Mavis Cheek, Penny Vincenzi, Peter James, Richard Madeley, Steve Furst, Tim Bentinck, Veronica Henry, and Victoria Hislop.

Jane was an interviewee Sue Cook for The Write Lines in conjunction with Talking Bookshelf [23] and National Short Story Week.[24]

As a professional speaker, Jane gives lectures and after-dinner talks including Women Speakers.[25] She has hosted the award ceremony for the Romantic Novelists' Association’s Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2011, 2012 and 2013, [26] together with actor Tim Bentinck (2011), crime novelist Peter James.[27] [28] (2012) and Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan (2013).

She is also a competition judge for writing competitions including Flash 500 [29] and is listed on Fantastic Fiction,[30] Dorothy Koomson's [31] and Random House websites.[32]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

  • Raising the Roof (2001)
  • Perfect Alibis (2003)
  • One Glass is Never Enough (2005)
  • Prime Time (2011)

Writing guides

  • Wannabe a Writer (2007)
  • Wannabe a Writer We’ve Heard Of (2010)

Short Story Anthologies (contributor)

  • Sexy Shorts For Christmas (2003)
  • Sexy Shorts For Lovers (2004)
  • Sexy Shorts For Chefs (2005)
  • Sexy Shorts For Summer (2005)
  • Café Olé Too Hot To Handle (2005)
  • Shorts For The Beach (2006)
  • Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2009)
  • Diamonds and Pearls (2011)

Non-fiction (author)

  • "100 Ways to Fight the Flab - The Wannabe Guide to a Better Bottom" (2013)

Non-fiction (Contributor)

  • Women Leading (2004)
  • The You Are What You Eat Cookbook (2005)
  • The Help for Heroes Cookbook (2009)
  • Tweet Treats (2011)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.writers-online.co.uk/Writing-Magazine
  2. ↑ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4128398566_3bfa63ea32_o.jpg
  3. ↑ http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Author-Prime-Time-career/story-14411937-detail/story.html
  4. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/indies-storm-peoples-book-prize.html
  5. ↑ http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/21028/Danger-A-Man-about-the-house
  6. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/aug/06/health.lifeandhealth?INTCMP=SRCH
  7. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2005/jul/09/weekend7.weekend3?INTCMP=SRCH
  8. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jan/15/spa.healthandwellbeing?INTCMP=SRCH
  9. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jan/15/spa.healthandwellbeing
  10. ↑ http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Prime-Time-Jane-Wenham-Jones-ndash-Accent-Press/story-16529748-detail/story.html
  11. ↑ http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/article148136.ece
  12. ↑ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/property/prices-investment/article1773630.ece
  13. ↑ http://www.writing.ie/resources/write-what-you-know-its-prime-time-for-jane-wenham-jones
  14. ↑ http://weekenderonline.net/jane-wenham-jones-calm-together
  15. ↑ http://weekenderonline.net/the-fast-show
  16. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/6270744.stm
  17. ↑ http://ademdjemil.co.uk/blog/2010/01/euroferries-on-bbc-inside-out
  18. ↑ http://www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk/festival-2012
  19. ↑ http://www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk/uploads/images/Programme/GBF2012-Programme_web.pdf
  20. ↑ http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/entertainment/s/2122622_video_rachel_allen_lets_book_festival_eat_cake
  21. ↑ http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/entertainment/s/2120712_video_kay_burley_opens_guildford_book_festival
  22. ↑ http://chiplitfest.com/authors.asp?authorid=3
  23. ↑ https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F63508274%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-1GqqY&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=ff7700
  24. ↑ http://www.nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk/thewritelines.htm
  25. ↑ http://www.womenspeakers.co.uk/speakerprofile/141/Jane%20Wenham-Jones
  26. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/rona-romantic-novel-year-shortlists.html
  27. ↑ http://www.peterjames.com/appearances/2012/October
  28. ↑ http://blog.peterjames.com/2012/03/thrilling-romance-bookseller.html
  29. ↑ http://www.flash500.com/index_files/JWJ.htm
  30. ↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/jane-wenham-jones
  31. ↑ http://www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/jane-wenham-jones-2
  32. ↑ http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/authors/jane-wenham-jones

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