Jessica Mann (13 September 1937 – 10 July 2018) was a British writer and novelist. She also wrote several non-fiction books, including ''Out of Harm's Way'', an account of the
overseas evacuation of children from Britain in World War II.
Biography
Born in London, Mann was educated at
St Paul's Girls' School
St Paul's Girls' School is an independent day school for girls, aged 11 to 18, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England.
History
St Paul's Girls' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1904, using part o ...
and
Newnham College, Cambridge
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 Millicen ...
, where she read Archaeology and Anglo-Saxon, graduating in 1959.
and the
University of Leicester
, mottoeng = So that they may have life
, established =
, type = public research university
, endowment = £20.0 million
, budget = £326 million
, chancellor = David Willetts
, vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah
, head_lab ...
, from which she had a degree in Law.
She wrote features, comment and reviews for the ''
Literary Review
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'' magazine, ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
'', ''
The Sunday Telegraph
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It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', kn ...
'', ''
Western Morning News
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Organisation
The ''Western M ...
'', ''
House & Garden'' and other publications. She appeared on television programmes such as ''
Question Time
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'' and represented the South West on radio's ''
Round Britain Quiz
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''.
As a novelist, she specialised in the mystery and suspense genres; her 22 novels were published from 1971 to 2016.
Mann lived near Truro in Cornwall and was married to the archaeologist and historian
Charles Thomas until he died in 2016. The couple married a week after Mann completed her Cambridge finals in 1959, and had two sons and two daughters.
['' Who's Who'']
Books
* ''A Charitable End'' (1971)
* ''Mrs Knox's Profession'' (1972)
* ''The Only Security'' (1973)
* ''The Sticking Place'' (1974)
* ''Captive Audience'' (1975)
* ''The Eighth Deadly Sin'' (1976)
* ''The Sting of Death'' (1978)
* ''Deadlier than the Male'' (non-fiction, 1981)
* ''Funeral Sites'' (1981)
* ''No Man's Island'' (1983)
* ''Grave Goods'' (1985)
* ''A Kind of Healthy Grave'' (1986)
* ''Death Beyond the Nile'' (1988)
* ''Faith Hope and Homicide'' (1991)
* ''Telling Only Lies'' (1992)
* ''A Private Inquiry'' (1996)
* ''Hanging Fire'' (1997)
* ''The Survivor’s Revenge'' (1998)
* ''Under a Dark Sun'' (2000)
* ''The Voice from the Grave'' (2002)
* ''Out of Harm's Way'' (non-fiction, 2005)
* ''The Mystery Writer'' (2006)
* ''
Godrevy
Godrevy ( kw, Godrevi, meaning ''small farms'') ( ) is an area on the eastern side of St Ives Bay, west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which faces the Atlantic Ocean. It is popular with both the surfing community and walkers. It is par ...
Light'' (non-fiction with
Charles Thomas, 2009, Twelveheads Press )
* ''The Fifties Mystique'' (non-fiction, 2012, Quartet Books) (2nd edition, 2013, The Cornovia Press )
* ''Dead Woman Walking'' (2013, The Cornovia Press )
References
External links
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1937 births
2018 deaths
20th-century English novelists
21st-century English novelists
Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
Women mystery writers
21st-century British women writers
20th-century British women writers
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