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