Jane Harvey

Jane Harvey (1771–1848) was a Tyneside poet and novelist. She wrote both fiction and nonfiction, sometimes anonymously, and is best known for her romantic novels.

Biography Jane Harvey was likely born in 1771 and was baptized in Gateshead on the 8 July 1771. She was either born to Elizabeth and Lawrence Harvey of Barnard Castle, or William and Jane Harvey. The last book she wrote was the 1841 Fugitive Pieces which combined "charming poetry" political support for striking Keelmen and exploited female tailors.

Little is known of Harvey's life but multiple obituaries in Newcastle newspapers seem to show that she maintained a circulating library in Tynemouth for many years. She died on 4 March 1848 and was buried in the Newcastle's general cemetery, Jesmond, on 6 March.