Jane Green
Jane Green
Jane Green Warburg, is an Internationally bestselling author, and one of the world's leading authors in commercial women's fiction, with millions of books in print and translations in over twenty five languages. Together with Helen Fielding she is considered a founder of the genre known as chick lit...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 May 1968
absolutely incredibly novels
I have been incredibly lucky with my novels but I had absolutely no idea if anyone would be interested in a cookbook. So I started to think about self-publishing.
company fear felt head helm house knew known needless people publishing run sorry theory work worked
I have a theory that you can tell what the head of a company is like by the people who work there. I knew a publishing house that was run on fear and paranoia, and I felt sorry for everyone who worked there. Needless to say, the person at the helm was not known for kindness, warmth, or grace.
demand family imperative learned mix perhaps time work
I have learned that it is imperative that I make time for my friends, that they demand to be as much a part of the mix as my family and my work, and perhaps more so, because they are not an inevitability.
business deals household husband manager money patience report sit terribly weekly
I have a business manager and a book-keeper who deals with our household bills. My husband and I sit down with her for a weekly report on how much money is going out, but I'm not terribly interested, and I don't have the patience for it.
final lives quite switched written
I'd like to think I'm not quite so pretentious as to think my characters go off and live their lives once I've written the final page and switched the computer off.
disorders food interested issues struggled using
Having struggled with food issues and eating disorders myself, particularly when I was younger, I've long been interested in using it within my books.
adore interested natural
I always thought I'd be the quintessential Earth Mother, but when I had Harrison, I really wasn't the natural mother that I always thought I would be. I adore children, but I was never that interested in newborn babies.
author including worshipper
I am Superwoman. I am the author of 15 novels, including one about cancer. I am not, however, someone who 'gets' cancer. I am a sun worshipper who never thought it could happen to me.
good
What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading and transportation to another world and other people's problems.
amount equal provide readers requires time
What I've come to learn with self-publishing is that if you want to provide readers with something of equal quality, it requires the same amount of time and expense.
alone inn staying twice
Twice a year, I take myself off to a self-imposed 'writer's retreat', staying at a small inn or on a friend's farm, where I am all alone and do nothing other than write.
jobs
We're teachers, professionals, and we're going to do our jobs regardless.
biggest blend industry myth orlando perfect talents teen trying
We're trying to debunk the myth that Orlando is just a teen heartthrob, ... We see this as the perfect blend of two of the biggest talents in the industry right now.
myth orlando teen trying
We're trying to debunk the myth that Orlando is just a teen heartthrob,