References and sources
- ↑ RNA Officers, archived from the original on 13 February 2009, retrieved 1 February 2010
- 1 2 Janet Gover Official Website
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Janet Gover | |
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| Born | DOB unknown Melbourne, Australia |
| Pen name | Janet Gover |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Citizenship | British |
| Period | 2002–present |
| Genre | short stories, Rural Romance |
| Notable awards | RNA Epic Romantic Novel of the Year, Elizabeth Goudge Trophy, Aspen Gold readers Choice Award |
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Janet Gover (b. Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian writer of over a dozen romance novels and more than 20 short stories since 2002. Her work has won numerous awards in the UK and the US, including the Romantic Novelists' Association's Epic Romantic Novel of the Year (2017) and Elizabeth Goudge Trophy (2007).
She also writes as Juliet Bell, in collaboration with English author Alison May.
She worked as a television journalist in Australia and Hong Kong and the UK before moving to the UK. She was Publicity Officer for the Romantic Novelists' Association in 2010. [1]
Janet Gover was born in Melbourne, Australia, and grew up in a small country town in Queensland.
After studying journalism and politics at the University of Queensland, [2] she became a television journalist, first in Brisbane and then Sydney before moving to Hong Kong and London. She was an on-the-road reporter, covering everything from natural disasters to visiting movie stars. She became a specialist crime and court reporter before changing her focus to politics. After several years as a reporter, she moved behind the camera to become a programme producer, and assignments editor.
Her first fiction was a short story, published in 2002. She is a well regarded creative writing tutor and frequently speaks to writing groups and conferences.
The Coorah Creek series:
The books were re-released starting in 2022, in a different sequence; Christmas at Coorah Creek preceding The Wild One.
Writing as Juliet Bell:
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