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Jane Rogers

b. 1952

English novelist, editor, scriptwriter, lecturer and teacher

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Born 1952. Jane Rogers is a British screenwriter, author, teacher, novelist, production designer and writer.

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.

Early life Rogers was born in London on 21 July 1952. She was educated at Oxford High School, a private 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 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 Holliday Grainger as Cassandra and Toby Jones as Mortmain.

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Education
University of Cambridge, Oxford High School, Murray Edwards College
Awards
Arthur C. Clarke Award; Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; Somerset Maugham Award

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English novelist, editor, scriptwriter, lecturer and teacher

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Jane Rogers was born on 21 July 1952 in London.

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Jane Rogers is a screenwriter, author, teacher, novelist, production designer and writer.

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Jane Rogers is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jane Rogers

· Wikidata: Q6152677

· DBpedia: Jane Rogers (novelist)

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