Jane harris author biography for book
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Jane Harris (born 1961) is a British writer of fiction and screenplays.
Jane was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and spent her early childhood there before her parents moved to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1965.
She studied English Literature and Drama at the University of Glasgow, then trained at East 15 Acting School in London.
After years of trying different careers, Jane worked abroad, variously as a dishwasher, a waitress, a chambermaid and an English language teacher.
Jane harris author biography for book
She started to write short stories during this period while confined to bed in Portugal with a bout of flu.
On her return to Glasgow, her short stories began to be published in magazines and anthologies. She went on to undertake an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia then completed a PhD at the same university.
During this period, Jane wrote stories and a number of short film scripts. Several of these scripts won awards, including two BAFTA nominations, for “Bait” (1999) and R