Jane Thynne (born 5 April 1961) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster.

Biography

Jane Thynne was born in Venezuela on 5 April 1961. She attended Lady Eleanor Holles School in London.^[1] She read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, gaining a BA degree. She was married to fellow novelist Philip Kerr until his death in 2018, and they had three children together.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Thynne has worked as a journalist for the BBC, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Independent, for which she was the radio critic from October 2008 to November 2011.^[2]

She has been a panelist on the BBC Radio 4 literary panel game The Write Stuff on many occasions.^{[citation needed]}

Thynne was a member of the judging panel for the Oldie of the Year award in 2010, won by Joanna Lumley,^[3] and in 2011, won by Barry Humphries.^[4] She was also a judge for the Best Online Only Audio Drama award of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards in 2012, won by Tim Fountain for Rock.^{[citation needed]}

Her first novel, Patrimony, was published in 1997. This was followed by The Shell House (1999), The Weighing of the Heart (2010) and Black Roses^[5] (2013).