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Jane Dunn is a British author. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Early and personal life

She was born Jane Thesen, daughter of David and Ellinor Thesen, in Durban, South Africa. She is great-great-grand-daughter of both John Bennie (first Xhosa linguist, and co-founder of Lovedale Mission School) and Charles Wilhelm Thesen. She grew up in Wiltshire, the eldest of eight children.

Dunn received a BA (Hons) in Philosophy from University College London.

Her first job was in the editorial department of Vogue magazine.

She was married to the publisher Philip Dunn, with two children, Benjamin and Lily. She is now married to the linguist and author Nicholas Ostler and has lived in Hungerford since 2015.

Books

Non-fiction

• Moon in Eclipse: A Life of Mary Shelley (1978) ISBN 978-0-29777-383-2
• Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell: A Very Close Conspiracy (1990) ISBN 978-0-22402-234-7
• Antonia White: A Life (1998) ISBN 978-0-22403-619-1
• Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003) ISBN 978-0-00257-150-0
• Read My Heart: Dorothy Osborne & Sir William Temple. A Love Story in the Age of Revolution (2008) ISBN 978-0-00718-220-6
• Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters: The Hidden Lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing (2013) ISBN 978-0-00734-708-7

Fiction

• The Marriage Season (2023) ISBN 978-1-80483-526-5
• An Unsuitable Heiress (2023) ISBN 978-1-80483-537-1
• A Scandalous Match (2024) ISBN 978-1-80483-547-0

References

1. "Dunn, Jane". Royal Society of Literature. September 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
2. "Author Interview – Jane Dunn". I Heart Books. 8 September 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
3. "FEL Executive Committee member Nicholas Ostler". FEL Blog. Foundation for Endangered Languages. February 14, 2020. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
4. "A Very Close Conspiracy: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf by Jane Dunn". Publishers Weekly. April 29, 1991. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
5. "A Very Close Conspiracy". Kirkus Reviews. March 15, 1991. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
6. "ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn". Publishers Weekly. December 8, 2003. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
7. "Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters by Jane Dunn". Publishers Weekly. June 23, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
8. Callow, Simon (April 20, 2013). "Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters: The Hidden Lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing by Jane Dunn – review". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

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