Jane Green (author)

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Jane Green
Born (1968-05-31) 31 May 1968 (age 56) [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]

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Biography

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

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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Graham, Natalie (17 October 2014). "Jane Green: Chick-Lit Author and Property Tycoon". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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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