Occupation Novelist Name Jane Rogers | Nationality British Role Novelist | |
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Born 21 July 1952 (age 72)
London, England ( 1952-07-21 ) Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial Books The Testament of Jessie, Mr Wroe's virgins, Island, Her Living Image, The ice is singing Similar People Mark Illis, Hermione Lee, Danny Boyle |
Jane Rogers as Novelist (9/17)
Jane Rogers (born 21 July 1952) is a British novelist, editor, scriptwriter, lecturer, and teacher. She is best known for her novels Mr. Wroe's Virgins and The Voyage Home. In 1994 Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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- Jane Rogers as Novelist 917
- Morphologies masterclass 2 jane rogers on fyodor dostoyevsky
- Early life
- Career
- Prizes and honours
- References
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Early life
Rogers was born in London on the 21st of July, 1952. She was educated at Oxford High School, an independent girls school in Oxford. She then matriculated into New Hall, Cambridge to study English. She graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1974. She went on to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at the University of Leicester in 1976.
She now lives in Banbury.
Career
Her latest novel, The Testament of Jessie Lamb was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
In November 2015, her adaptation of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It starred Romola Garai as Cassandra and Toby Jones as Mortmain.