Jane Dunn

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 (1946-2007), 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

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.