Jane Yardley

Jane Yardley

Jane Yardley is an English author, raised in a village in 1960s Essex, [ [http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/author.htm?authorid=4620 Transworld ] ] (where most of her novels are set). She went to university in London and gained a Ph.D. degree from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School. [ [http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Jane_Yardley Jane Yardley - David Higham Associates ] ] Although living in London she spends much of her time travelling around the world co-ordinating medical trials for a small Japanese pharmaceutical company, [ [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=116692003 Colours by numbers - The Scotsman ] ] , indeed she says that her first novel "Painting Ruby Tuesday" (2003) was written on aeroplanes. [ [http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/author.htm?authorid=4620 Transworld ] ] . It concerns ten-year old Angharad (Annie) Craddock, whose neighbours are being brutally murdered; including Mrs. Clitheroe who shared Annies love of music and her synaesthesia, as Annie puts it "We see things in colour that aren’t. Not just music. Numbers. Letters. Days of the week. People’s names.". Jane Yardley herself experiences synaesthesia and it inspired her to write the book. [ [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=116692003 Colours by numbers - The Scotsman ] ]

Her new novel "Dancing with Dr Kildare" was published by Doubleday on 2nd January 2008 [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0385609396 Amazon.co.uk: Dancing with Dr Kildare: Books: Jane Yardley ] ]

Bibliography

*"Painting Ruby Tuesday" (2003) — [http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Titles/Painting_Ruby_Tuesday webpage]
*"Rainy Day Women" (2004) — [http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Titles/Rainy_Day_Women webpage] — [http://www.literati-magazine.com/magazine_features/archive/Vol1-No1/bookshelf/reviews/rainy-day-women.html review]
*"A Saucerful of Secrets" (2005) — [http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Titles/A_Saucerful_of_Secrets webpage]
*"Dancing with Dr Kildare" (2008) — [http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Titles/Dancing-With-Dr.-Kildare webpage]

External links

* [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=116692003 Interview] with The Scotsman 1/2/2003

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