Jane Green (author)

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Jane Green
Born (1968-05-31) 31 May 1968 (age 55)[1]
London, England
Other namesJane Green Warburg
OccupationAuthor
Years active1998–present
Spouse(s)first, David Burke;
second, Ian Warburg
Children6, of whom 2
are stepchildren

Jane Green (born in 1968)[2] also known by her married name, Jane Green Warburg,[1] is an English-born American author whose works of fiction are American and international best-sellers.[2] As of 2014, Green's books had sold in excess of 10 million copies globally, with translations of them appearing in thirty-one languages,[2] making her a leading author, globally, of commercial women's fiction.[not verified in body] With regard to genres, she has been described as "[o]ne of the first of the chick lit" authors,[2][3][4] and as a founding author of the form of fiction sometimes referred to as "mum lit."[3]

Biography[edit]

Jane Green was born in London, England, on 31 May 1968.[1] She attended South Hampstead High School, and went on to study fine art at Aberystwyth University.[2][1] and Ravensbourne School of Art.

Career[edit]

Green was employed by Granada TV as a publicist in her early 20s.[2] She continued working as a journalist throughout her twenties,[when?] writing women's features for publications including The Daily Express,[2][5][better source needed] The Daily Mail, and [citation needed] Cosmopolitan magazine.[citation needed]

Green left The Daily Express in 1996, to begin work which in the publication of her first book, Straight Talking seven months later,[2][5] for which there was a bidding war,[2] and which became a best-seller.[citation needed] The book launched her career as "the queen of chick lit".[6] Her novels include Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans (1998),[2] Life Swap (UK; Swapping Lives in the US, 2006),[2] Second Chance (2007),[2] The Beach House (2008),[2] and Saving Grace (2015),[2] five of seventeen novels through 2016 that became New York Times best-sellers.[verification needed][citation needed] As of 2014, Green had over 10 million books in print,[2] and many global best-sellers.[citation needed] "Jane Green" is the name she continued to use in her writing career, including after she married Ian Warburg of the Warburg banking family, her second spouse,[2] and legally took his name.[citation needed]

Green has taught at writers' conferences,[2] and writes for various publications including Cosmopolitan magazine,[2] The Sunday Times,[citation needed] The Daily Telegraph,[citation needed] Parade magazine,[citation needed] and The Huffington Post.[2] A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, she is publishing a cookbook, Good Taste.[full citation needed] As of this date,[when?] Green is also writing as a weekly column for The Lady magazine in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] Her contribution of an e-book on the marriages of English royals for ABC News, Green became an ABC News Radio correspondent, and covered the 2011 wedding of "Kate" Middleton to England's Prince William.[2]

Green contributed a story on the virtue of marital fidelity for The Moth Radio Hour, which was recorded in November 2015, and aired in September 2016.[7]

Personal life[edit]

As of 2014, Green lived in Westport, Connecticut,[2] with her second husband, investment adviser Ian Warburg (grandson of Mary and Edward Warburg), whom she married 6 March 2009. Green has four children from her first marriage[2] to American investment banker Davide Burke [8] and two stepchildren.[2]

Books[edit]

  • Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans (1998)
  • Mr. Maybe (2001)
  • Bookends (2002)
  • Babyville: A Novel (2003)
  • Straight Talking: A Novel
  • Spellbound [UK] / To Have and to Hold [US]
  • The Other Woman: A Novel (2005)
  • This Christmas (2005)
  • Life Swap [UK] / Swapping Lives [US] (2006)
  • Second Chance (2007)
  • The Beach House (2008)
  • Girl Friday [UK] / Dune Road [US] (2009)
  • The Love Verb [UK] / Promises to Keep [US] (2010)
  • The Patchwork Marriage [UK] / Another Piece of my Heart [US] (2012)
  • The Accidental Husband [UK] / Family Pictures [US] (2013)
  • Tempting Fate (2014)
  • Saving Grace (2015)
  • Cat and Jemima J (novella) (2015)
  • Summer Secrets (2015)
  • Falling: A Love Story (2016)
  • Good Taste [a food & entertaining/nonfiction book] (2016)
  • The Sunshine Sisters (2017)
  • The Friends We Keep (2019)
  • Sister Stardust (2022)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Hill, Nanci Milone (7 March 2012). Reading Women: A Book Club Guide for Women's Fiction: A Book Club Guide for Women's Fiction. ABC-CLIO. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-1-59158-806-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Graham, Natalie (17 October 2014). "Jane Green: Chick-Lit Author and Property Tycoon". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b Thomas, Scarlett (4 August 2002). "The great chick lit conspiracy". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ^ This is alongside Helen Fielding, who pioneered the genre with her "Bridget Jones's Diary" column in The Independent.[when?] See Thomas, The Independent. op. cit.
  5. ^ a b "Meet the Writers: Jane Green". New York City: Barnes & Noble Booksellers. 16 December 2008. Archived from the original (interview and brief biography) on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2016.[better source needed]
  6. ^ Grandjean, Pat (31 August 2011). "Q&A: Jane Green". ctinsider.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ Green, Jane (13 September 2016) [9 November 2015]. The Moth Radio Hour: Greener Grass (streaming audio [duration, 14:04]). New York City: The Moth. Retrieved 22 September 2016.[full citation needed]
  8. ^ Dodd, Ros (1999). "Too many Mr Wrongs don't make a Mr Right; Author Jane Green reveals to Ros Dodd that her former Bridget Jones-like existence meant when her knight in shining armour turned up, she almost ran a mile." Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

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