Jane Rogers (novelist)
English novelist and scriptwriter
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Jane Rogers (born 21 July 1952) is a British novelist, editor, scriptwriter, lecturer, and teacher. She is best known for her novels Mr. Wroe's Virgins and The Voyage Home. In 1994 Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Jane Rogers | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 July 1952 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Early life
Rogers was born in London on 21 July 1952. She was educated at Oxford High School, a private girls school in Oxford. She then matriculated into New Hall, Cambridge to study English. She graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1974. She went on to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at the University of Leicester in 1976.[1]
She now lives in Banbury.
Career
Her novel The Testament of Jessie Lamb was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
In November 2015, her adaptation of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It starred Holliday Grainger as Cassandra and Toby Jones as Mortmain.[2]
Bibliography
- Separate Tracks (1983, Faber)
- Her Living Image (1984, Faber)
- The Ice is Singing (1987, Faber)
- Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1991, Faber)
- Promised Lands (1995, Faber)
- Island (1999, Little Brown)
- The Voyage Home (2004, Little Brown)
- The Testament of Jessie Lamb (2011, Sandstone)
- Conrad and Eleanor (2016, Faber)
Prizes and honours
Honors
- 1994 – Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[3]
Literary awards
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Her Living Image | Somerset Maugham Award | — | Won | |
| 1996 | Promised Lands | Women's Prize for Fiction | — | Longlisted | |
| 2000 | Island | Women's Prize for Fiction | — | Longlisted | |
| 2011 | The Testament of Jessie Lamb | Kitschies | Red Tentacle (Novel) | Finalist | |
| Man Booker Prize | — | Longlisted | |||
| 2012 | Arthur C. Clarke Award | — | Won | ||
| 2013 | Hitting Trees with Sticks | Edge Hill Short Story Prize | — | Shortlisted | |
| Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award | — | Longlisted |
