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Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico (born 4 July 1940) is a British lawyer and crime fiction writer. She is the daughter of George Edric Neel and Mary Isabel Budge. She was educated at
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, Hampstead, London, England and graduated from
Newnham College Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicent ...
,
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in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Honours, Law. She started to work as a practising solicitor in 1965. She married James Lionel Cohen, son of Dr. Richard Henry Lionel Cohen, on 18 December 1971. She was a Governor of the
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between 1994 and 1999. She was created a
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as Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, ''of
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in the
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'' on 3 May 2000 and sits as a
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peer in the
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. She is an Honorary Fellow of
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. As ''Janet Neel'' and ''Janet Cohen'' she is the author of crime fiction novels.


Bibliography


Francesca Wilson and John McLeish series

*''Death's Bright Angel'' (1988) *''Death on Site'' (1989)Deutsch: Wer zweimal fällt, ist endlich tot *'' Death of a Partner'' (1991), shortlisted for
Gold Dagger The Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1960 for the best crime novel of the year. From 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. From ...
Award *'' Death Among the Dons'' (1993), shortlisted for
Gold Dagger The Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1960 for the best crime novel of the year. From 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. From ...
Award *''A Timely Death'' (1996) *''To Die For'' (1998) *''O Gentle Death'' (2000)


Other novels

*''The Highest Bidder'' (1992); writing as Janet Cohen *''Children of a Harsh Winter'' (1995); writing as Janet Cohen *''Ticket to Ride'' (2005)


References

1940 births Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge BBC Governors English crime fiction writers Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Members of the Detection Club Living people People educated at South Hampstead High School Labour Party (UK) life peers English women novelists 20th-century English women writers 20th-century English writers 21st-century English women writers Women mystery writers {{Life-peer-stub