Jane Alexander (author)


Jane Alexander is a Scottish novelist, visual artist, illustrator, designer, and short story writer originally from Aberdeen.

Life

Alexander studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art and completed a Master of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Glasgow University ten years later. She then pursued a PhD in Creative Writing at Northumbria University. She released her first novel , which was published by in 2015 and is called a ‘a modern media morality tale’. Before her first novel, she has also written several short stories. Her short story 'In Yon Green Hill To Dwell' was the winner of in 2014. Her stories range in audience age from mid-grade to adult. She is at the University of Edinburgh and associate lecturer in Creative Writing with the Open University.
Alexander is currently based in Edinburgh, where she has been living for the past twenty years. She is a member of the .

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