Jane Oliver

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Jane Oliver


Born
Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Genre
Historical Fiction


‘Jane Oliver’ was the pen-name of Helen Evans (1903 - 1970). Formerly novelist Clemence Dane’s secretary, she developed a writing career, and wrote many successful novels with Ann Stafford (the pen-name of Anne Pedler). Business as Usual was their first joint novel.

Jane became a pilot and married the author John Llewelyn Rhys, who was killed in the war. She founded the Llewelyn Rhys Prize in his memory. She later lived in Hampshire near Anne Pedler, and cared for her in her illness. ...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 515 ratings · 117 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors
Business as Usual
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4.12 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1933 — 9 editions
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Faraway Princess
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1962
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Cuckoo in June
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Blue Heaven Bends Over All:...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions
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Morning for Mr. Prothero
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1951 — 6 editions
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Sing, Morning Star
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1956 — 5 editions
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Flame of Fire
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1961 — 6 editions
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The Eaglet and the Angry Dove
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Sunset at Noon
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The Lion & the Rose
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1958 — 3 editions
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