Jane lives in New Zealand with her young family. She has a PhD in early modern English history, a BA (Hons) and an LLB (Hons) from the University of Queensland. She has published in academic journals, and is a volunteer baker for NZ charity Good Bitches Baking. Her work has received the Claymore Award for Best Historical, placed second in the Yeovil Literary Prize, and third in the First Novel Prize, been shortlisted for the Michael Gifkins Prize and the Darling Axe FPC, longlisted for the Exeter Novel Prize, Retreat West First Chapters, Spotlight First Novel Award and Plaza Prizes: Crime, and commended in the Marlowe & Christie Flash Fiction competition.
