Jane Wenham-Jones (12 January 1962 – 22 August 2021) was a British author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, and speaker who lived in

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, Kent, a town that appears in four of her novels. She was a regular contributor to ''Writing Magazine'', '' Woman's Weekly'' and the ''Isle of Thanet News'', and previously wrote columns for the ''Isle of Thanet Gazette'', ''Booktime'' and ''Woman’s Weekly'' Fiction Special.

Career

Wenham-Jones began her writing career in 1995 and published novels, short stories, non-fiction articles and two ''Wannabe'' writing guides, in which, in "Wannabe a Writer", she coined the phrase 'Writer's Bottom'. More than a hundred of her short stories have been published in magazines across the world including ''Active Life'', ''

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'', ''Best'', '' Candis'', ''Chat'', ''More'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''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,

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, and The US. 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''. Wenham-Jones had regular columns in ''Writing Magazine'', and was an occasional contributor to her local paper, ''The Isle of Thanet News.'' She wrote, or contributed to, articles in ''

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'', ''The Isle of Thanet'' ''Gazette'' (a weekly column from 2001-2015)'','' ''

'', ''The New Writer'', ''

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'', '' Scarlet Magazine'', ''She'', ''

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'', ''Woman'', ''

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'', '' Woman's Weekly'', ''Writing.ie'' and ''The Weekender''. She was a member of

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and presented for both

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and the BBC's

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. Other television appearances included ''

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, Legal TV, Loose Lips, The Property Channel,

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, The Russell Grant Show, The Salon, and

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. Wenham-Jones was an interviewee of

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for ''The Write Lines'' in conjunction with ''Talking Bookshelf'' and ''National Short Story Week''. As a professional speaker, she gave lectures and after-dinner talks including for ''Women Speakers''. She hosted the award ceremony for the

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's Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, hosting with: actor

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(2011), crime novelist Peter James (2012),

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and

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(2013),

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(2014),

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(2015),

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(2016),

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(2017),

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(2018),

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(2019),

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(2020), and

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(2021). As well as hosting events at Guildford Book Festival, Chipping Norton Literature Festival, Belfast Book Festival, Buckingham Lit Fest, and Whitstable Literary Festival (WhitLit), Wenham-Jones was a founding member of, and regular interviewer for, BroadstairsLit. Jane was listed on ''Fantastic Fiction'',

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, and

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websites.

Death

She died on 22 August 2021, aged 59.

Awards

*2013:

Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year, shortlist, "Prime Time" *2020
Kent Columnist of the Year Award
Kent Press and Broadcast Awards ''(Isle of Thanet News)''

Bibliography

Novels *''Raising the Roof'' (2001) *''Perfect Alibis'' (2003) *''One Glass is Never Enough'' (2005) *''Prime Time'' (2011) *''Mum in the Middle'' (2018) *''The Big Five-O'' (2019) *''Old Enough to Know Better'' (2021) 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 – And Still Have Wine And Chocolate'' (2014) Non-fiction (contributor) *''Women Leading'' (2004) *''The You Are What You Eat Cookbook'' (2005) *''The Help for Heroes Cookbook'' (2009) *''Tweet Treats'' (2011)

References

External links

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Jane Wenham-Jones: Official BlogJane Wenham-Jones: Wannabe A Writer website

Jane Wenham-Jones on Goodreads
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