Jane Thynne

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Jane Thynne
Born (1961-04-05) 5 April 1961 (age 63)
Venezuela
OccupationNovelist, journalist, broadcaster
LanguageEnglish
EducationBA, English Literature
Alma materSt Anne's College, Oxford
Period1997–
GenreHistorical fiction
SpousePhilip Kerr
Children3
Website
www.janethynne.com

Jane Thynne (born 5 April 1961) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster.

Biography[edit]

Jane Thynne was born in Venezuela on 5 April 1961. She attended Lady Eleanor Holles School in London.[1] She read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, gaining a BA degree. She was married to fellow novelist Philip Kerr until his death in 2018, and they had three children together.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Thynne has worked as a journalist for the BBC, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Independent, for which she was the radio critic from October 2008 to November 2011.[2]

She has been a panelist on the BBC Radio 4 literary panel game The Write Stuff on many occasions.[citation needed]

Thynne was a member of the judging panel for the Oldie of the Year award in 2010, won by Joanna Lumley,[3] and in 2011, won by Barry Humphries.[4] She was also a judge for the Best Online Only Audio Drama award of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards in 2012, won by Tim Fountain for Rock.[citation needed]

Her first novel, Patrimony, was published in 1997. This was followed by The Shell House (1999), The Weighing of the Heart (2010) and Black Roses[5] (2013).

Bibliography[edit]

  • Thynne, Jane (1997). Patrimony. London: Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-1-85702-656-6.
  • Thynne, Jane (1999). The Shell House. London: Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-1-85702-902-4.
  • Thynne, Jane (2010). The Weighing of the Heart. Byline Books. ISBN 978-1-907560-00-2.
  • Thynne, Jane (2013). Black Roses. London: Simon & Schuster UK. ISBN 978-1-84983-983-9.
  • 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]

  1. ^ Biography Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine at journalisted.com
  2. ^ About Jane Thynne at Conville and Walsh literary agency
  3. ^ Joanna Lumley wins Oldie award for Gurkha campaign at BBC News
  4. ^ The Oldie of The Year Awards 2011 at The Oldie
  5. ^ [1], a Woman's Hour discussion about Nazi women depicted in new novels by Jane Thynne and Meike Ziervogel

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