Originally from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, UK, Jane now lives in the Shropshire Hills.  A teacher for nearly three decades, she works part time as an international teacher trainer.

 

Jane gained a distinction in her Master’s degree in Creative Writing with the Open University in 2020.  She has had poems published in numerous webzines, journals and anthologies including Poetry Salzburg Review, Ink, Sweat and Tears, The Ekphrastic Review, Amaryllis, The Lake and The Emma Press Anthology of Illness.  Her first full poetry collection, 'The Quiet Spy' was published with Pindrop Press  in 2022.

 

A recipient of Arts Council England funding, Jane also enjoys writing micro and flash fiction.  She won the Pokrass prize for her microfiction story 'Miracle Grow' at the Flash Fiction Festival in the summer of 2022.  She has had microfiction published with MacQueens's Quinterly, Ink, Sweat and Tears, The Ekphrastic Review and The Dribble Drabble Review, as well as in Ad Hoc Fiction anthologies Dandelion Years and Flash Fiction Festival Five and Six. 

 

Jane's story 'Saturday Afternoon at Silver Blades' was shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award.   Her story 'The Weightlessness of Love' was nominated for 'Best Microfiction 2023'.  'Mother Mushroom and the Sextuplets' was nominated for 'Best of the Net 2024' and 'Takotsubo Syndrome' was nominated for 'Best Small Fictions 2024'.

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Jane is also a collage artist, sometimes creating collage art to accompany her poetry and microfiction.  She makes handmade, handbound booklets with handcrafted collage art covers and pop-up handmade collage cards which she sells at craft fairs and on her Etsy shop.