Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico

Janet Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico (; born 4 July 1940), also known as Janet Neel, is a British lawyer and crime fiction writer. She is the daughter of George Edric Neel and Mary Isabel Budge. She was educated at South Hampstead High School, Hampstead, London, England and graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in law.

She started to work as a practising solicitor in 1965. She married James Lionel Cohen on 18 December 1971. She was a governor of the BBC between 1994 and 1999. She was created a life peer as Baroness Cohen of Pimlico''', of Pimlico in the City of Westminster, on 3 May 2000 and sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords. She is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge. Cohen retired from the House of Lords on 19 December 2024.

As "Janet Neel" and "Janet Cohen" she is the author of crime fiction novels.

Early life and education Cohen was born Janet Neel on 4 July 1940 to George Edric Neel and Mary Isabel Neel . She was educated at South Hampstead High School in London, graduating in 1958, and attended Newnham College, Cambridge, gaining a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in law in 1962. Cohen was a director of Charterhouse Bank from 1982 to 2000, and a director and subsequently vice chairman of Yorkshire Building Society from 1991 to 1999. Death of a Partner (1991), shortlisted for Gold Dagger AwardDeath Among the Dons (1993), shortlisted for Gold Dagger AwardA Timely Death (1996)To Die For (1998)O Gentle Death (2000)

Other novelsThe Highest Bidder (1992); writing as Janet CohenChildren of a Harsh Winter (1995); writing as Janet CohenTicket to Ride'' (2005)