Jane Yardley is an English author, raised in a village in 1960s Essex,[1] (where most of her novels are set). She went to university in London and gained a Ph.D. degree from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School.[2] Although living in London she spends much of her time travelling around the world co-ordinating medical trials for a small Japanese pharmaceutical company,[3] indeed she says that her first novel Painting Ruby Tuesday (2003) was written on aeroplanes.[1] It concerns ten-year-old Angharad (Annie) Craddock, whose neighbours are being brutally murdered; including Mrs. Clitheroe who shared Annies love of music and her synaesthesia, as Annie puts it "We see things in colour that aren’t. Not just music. Numbers. Letters. Days of the week. People’s names". Jane Yardley herself experiences synaesthesia and it inspired her to write the book.[3]
Her novel Dancing with Dr Kildare was published by Doubleday on 2 January 2008.[4]
Bibliography
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edit- ^ a b Bill Bryson. "Transworld". Booksattransworld.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Jane Yardley – David Higham Associates". Davidhigham.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Colours by numbers – The Scotsman". Thescotsman.scotsman.com. 30 January 2003. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Dancing with Dr Kildare: Books: Jane Yardley. ASIN 0385609396.
- ^ "Painting Ruby Tuesday". Davidhigham.co.uk. 1 February 2003. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "webpage". Davidhigham.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ http://www.literati-magazine.com/magazine_features/archive/Vol1-No1/bookshelf/reviews/rainy-day-women.html [dead link]
- ^ "A Saucerful of Secrets". Davidhigham.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Dancing With Dr. Kildare". Davidhigham.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
External links
edit- Interview with The Scotsman 1/2/2003
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