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By day, Jan juggles consultancy work with her family, but by night she sneaks off, into the past. Her penchant for sprinkling history with magic is fueled by coffee and Cadburys. When not writing, Jan takes her dogs and small monsters into the countryside, especially if there is a castle or historic building there with a cosy coffee shop in which to escape the rain of Manchester, England.

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Co-authoring for stories to share, and Kickstarting

Recently, I wrote in a new genre, for me, AND co-authored in order to write the second in a series of books exploring the French Resistance in Occupied Paris. I had already written a historical suspense for adults, but, as I prepared to publish it, I couldn’t shift the idea that the story also needed to show a child’s perspective, and be read by children of that age. I stopped the publication proc

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