Jaci Stephen
Jaci Stephen (born 1958) is a Welsh journalist, broadcaster, actress and writer. She is best known as a newspaper columnist and television critic for the London Evening Standard, the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday.
Early life
She was born in Wales and attended Durham Road Junior School in Newport, Gwent, Brynteg Comprehensive secondary school (Ysgol Brynteg) in Bridgend [1] and Cardiff University where she gained a B.A. (Hons) degree in English and a post graduate Certificate in Education.[2]
Career
She became an English teacher and then a full-time writer after completing and MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University.[2] Since the 1980s she has written articles for numerous newspapaers and magazines including: The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times Literary Supplement, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan. She currently writes 'Soapwatch - The ultimate insight into this week's soaps'; a review of soap operas for the Daily Mail Weekend magazine.[3]
She has made several television appearances; including a spell as an expert on soaps on This Morning and in 2002 presenting the ITV lifestyle and chat show Loose Women.
References
- ↑ Jaci Stephen at Wales Online. Retrieved 8 November 2014
- 1 2 Jaci Stephen at Women Scorned. Retrieved 8 November 2014
- ↑ Soapwatch at Mail Online. Retrieved 8 November 2014
External links
- Articles by Jaci Stephen from the Mail Online.
- Jaci Stephen at the Internet Movie Database