Jen Green (born 1955) is a British author of non-fiction books for children and adults. She has written over 300 titles.Jen Green
at the

Royal Literary Fund The Royal Literary Fund (RLF) is a benevolent fund that gives assistance to published British writers in financial difficulties. Founded in 1790, and granted a royal charter in 1818, the Fund has helped an extensive roll of authors through its long ...

Life

Jen Green was born a twin and grew up in South London and Sussex. She gained her doctorate in

English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...

from

Sussex University , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

. After working in publishing from 1981 to 1996, she became a full-time writer.Library of Congress Name Authority File
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Fellow at the University of Sussex. She lives by the

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Dr Jen Green
at NibWeb 1955 births Living people Children's non-fiction writers British children's writers {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub