JANE GILLEY

Hello, my name is Jane Gilley

My first foray into writing started when I was 7 and I wrote my first poem. Favourite authors, as a child, were Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie and I wrote short stories whenever I could. The lady who taught maths at junior school even asked if I wanted more paper to write on when she caught me scribbling away! And my English teacher at secondary school suggested I became a journalist.

Yet while I wrote newspaper articles for a couple of Jersey newspapers, fiction was my first love.

In practicing my craft I've taken several writing courses, mainly at West Dean College, Sussex as well as online. I've also written poetry, magazine articles, 2 plays (unpublished), and 6 self-published children's books, one of which - Maisie's Dream - had a book signing in Waterstones, Jersey CI in 2008. I now write women's contemporary fiction.

In my spare time I read thrillers and browse interiors magazines. I also love to travel (often for research) or walk the varied coastal and country trails, where I now live, on the Isle of Wight. I also enjoy swimming (sometimes cold-water) and kayaking (when seas are calm) as well as having friends round for dinner.