Jacqui Rose

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Jacqui Rose is a British crime fiction novelist, and as J. P. Rose, a children's author.

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Rose was born in Manchester, [1] of Jamaican, Nigerian and Anglo-Irish ancestry. [2] She was adopted as a child, grew up in a Yorkshire village, and trained as an actor, before running prison writing workshops, and then crime fiction. [1] [2]

Rose has written 14 gangland crime thrillers. [2]

She has collaborated with Martina Cole to co-author Loyalty, which was published in 2023. [3]

Writing as J. P. Rose, her first children's book, The Haunting of Tyrese Walker was published by Andersen Press in 2023, and has been shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award. [4] [5]

In 2024, Andersen Press published Birdie, her second book for children. [6] Also in 2024, Rose was a judge for the Jhalak Prize. [1]

As Jacqui Rose

with Martina Cole

As J P Rose

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Our Judges". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "J P Rose | 'Birdie is the child that I wasn't ever brave enough to be. She was always there, such a loud voice in my head'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Loyalty by Martina Cole, Jacqui Rose". www.shakespeareandcompany.com. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Shortlist 2023 – The Branford Boase Award and The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition". branfordboaseaward.org.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Porter (27 April 2023). "The Branford Boase Award Names Its 2023 Shortlist". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Birdie by J P Rose". Little Toller Books. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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