Jane O’Connor

Jane was born and brought up in Surrey but has lived in the West Midlands for many years where she works as a lecturer and researcher at Birmingham City University.

Jane wrote her debut novel Needlemouse when she was on maternity leave with her youngest son. It went on to be runner up in the Tibor Jones Pageturner prize and was published by Penguin in 2019. Jane has since had her short stories published in national magazines and was the winner of the Hysteria 2020 short story competition. Her latest novel, The Trial of Gwen Foley, is set in eighteenth century Lichfield and features two of her greatest interests – bookshops and the history of witchcraft.

Jane lives with her husband, two boys and two cats and can often be found in the garden dreaming up story ideas. She is particularly fond of hedgehogs.

Twitter: @JaneOConnor100

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