Jessica Mann
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Jessica Mann is a British writer. As a novelist she specialises in the mystery and suspense genres, having published 20 crime novels since 1971.She has also written several non-fiction books, including Out Of Harm's Way, the story of the overseas evacuation of children during WW2.
Mann was educated at St Paul's Girls' School
and Newnham College, Cambridge
, where she read Archaeology, and the Leicester University
, from which she has a degree in Law. She has written features, comment and reviews for the Literary Review
magazine, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph
, Western Morning News
, House & Garden
and others. She has appeared on TV and radio programmes including [Any Questions] and Question Time
and represented the South West on Round Britain Quiz
.
She lives near Truro in Cornwall and is married to the archaeologist and historian Charles Thomas
. with four children.
Mann was educated at St Paul's Girls' School
St Paul's Girls' School
St Paul's Girls' School is a senior independent school, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England.-History:In 1904 a new day school for girls was established by the trustees of the Dean Colet Foundation , which had run St Paul's School for boys since the sixteenth century...
and Newnham College, Cambridge
Newnham College, Cambridge
Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1871 by Henry Sidgwick, and was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College...
, where she read Archaeology, and the Leicester University
University of Leicester
The University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....
, from which she has a degree in Law. She has written features, comment and reviews for the Literary Review
Literary Review
Literary Review is a British literary magazine founded in 1979 by Anne Smith, then head of the Department of English at Edinburgh University. Its offices are currently on Lexington Street in Soho, London, and it has a circulation of 44,750. Britain's principal literary monthly, the magazine was...
magazine, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961. It is the sister paper of The Daily Telegraph, but is run separately with a different editorial staff, although there is some cross-usage of stories...
, Western Morning News
Western Morning News
The Western Morning News is a politically independent daily regional newspaper founded in 1860 and covering Devon and Cornwall and parts of Somerset and Dorset.-Organisation:...
, House & Garden
House & Garden (magazine)
House & Garden was an American shelter magazine published by Condé Nast Publications that focused on interior design, entertaining, and gardening....
and others. She has appeared on TV and radio programmes including [Any Questions] and Question Time
Question Time
Question time in a parliament occurs when members of the parliament ask questions of government ministers , which they are obliged to answer. It usually occurs daily while parliament is sitting, though it can be cancelled in exceptional circumstances...
and represented the South West on Round Britain Quiz
Round Britain Quiz
Round Britain Quiz is a panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1947, making it the oldest quiz still broadcast on British radio...
.
She lives near Truro in Cornwall and is married to the archaeologist and historian Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas (historian)
Antony Charles Thomas, CBE, FSA is a British historian and archaeologist who was Professor of Cornish Studies at Exeter University, and the first Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, from 1971 until his retirement in 1991...
. with four children.