Jean Chapman

Jean Chapman (née Clowes; 30 October 1929 – 18 August 2026) was a British writer of romance novels from 1981 and a lecturer in creative writing. Her debut novel The Unreasoning Earth and The Red Pavilion were both shortlisted for the Parker Pen Romantic Novel of the Year Award. She was elected the Chairman (2001–2003) of the Romantic Novelists' Association and was a three-time President of the Leicester Writer's Club.

Background

Jean Clowes was born in Blaby, Leicestershire on 30 October 1929. In 1951, she married Lionel Alan Chapman (1930–2008) in Leicester; they had one son and two daughters. In 1989, she obtained a BA at Open University. She died in Blaby on 18 August 2026, aged 96.