Jane Shaw

Jane Shaw’s Followers (17)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Jane Shaw


Born
in Glasgow, Scotland
December 03, 1910

Died
November 19, 2000

Genre


Jane Shaw (1910-2000), born Jean Bell Shaw Patrick, was a children's book author. She was the daughter of Dr. John Patrick, and his wife, Margaret (née Shaw). Educated first by a governess, and then at the Park School in Glasgow, she went on to Glasgow University, where she graduated with Honors in English Literature and Language, in 1932. After taking a teacher training course in London, Shaw returned to Glasgow, where she worked for the publisher Collins, and where one of the editors encouraged her to write her own stories. Breton Holiday, published in 1939, was the result.

Shaw married accountant John Evans in 1939, settling with him in Dulwich, London, where they lived with their children - daughter Jane, son Ian - until they were bombed
...more

Average rating: 3.84 · 713 ratings · 104 reviews · 73 distinct worksSimilar authors
Susan Pulls the Strings (Su...

3.93 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1952 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Susan at School (Susan, #5)

4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1958 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Susan Rushes In (Susan, #3)

3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1956 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Susan's Helping Hand (Susan...

4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1955 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Crooks Tour

3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1962 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Susan Interferes (Susan, #4)

3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1957 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Bernese Adventure

3.46 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1940 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Susan's Kind Heart (Susan, #9)

4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Where is Susan? (Susan, #10)

4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Susan's Trying Term (Susan,...

4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Jane Shaw…
Susan Pulls the Strings Susan's Helping Hand Susan Rushes In Susan Interferes Susan at School Susan Muddles Through Susan's Trying Term
(11 books)
by
4.05 avg rating — 333 ratings

Breton Adventure Bernese Adventure Highland Holiday
(3 books)
by
3.40 avg rating — 60 ratings

Penny Foolish Twopence Coloured Threepenny Bit Fourpenny Fair Fivepenny Mystery Crooked Sixpence
(6 books)
by
3.78 avg rating — 50 ratings

New House at Northmead Northmead Nuisance
(2 books)
by
3.48 avg rating — 29 ratings

Looking after Thomas Willow Green Mystery The Tall Man
(3 books)
by
3.63 avg rating — 24 ratings

More series by Jane Shaw…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Aussie Readers: Kathryn's Challenge Possibilities for 2017 72 99 Oct 14, 2017 10:59AM  
Ultimate Popsugar...: Post your 2017 reading lists 951 5557 Dec 10, 2018 11:27AM  
The Reading For P...: Jean's Book Nook 2018 179 96 Jan 08, 2019 03:09PM  
Reading with Style: This topic has been closed to new comments. SU 20 Completed Tasks 798 69 Aug 31, 2020 09:04PM