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Jane Riddell

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Jane Riddell is the author of contemporary novels: Daughters of the Lake, Chergui’s Child and Things We Choose to Hide, all stories about secrets, betrayal and family dramas. Inspired by her own editing process, she has published a short guide entitled Words’Worth: a fiction writer’s guide to serious editing.

As JR Lili, she has written two novellas about a Russian cat who comes to the UK to learn how to be a creative writer:The Bakhtin Chronicles: one cat's experience of academia, and The Bakhtin Chronicles: one cat's experience of pet sitting.. Under this name, she has also written: The Haven for Quirky Conditions.

In anther life, Jane worked as a dietitian and health promoter for the NHS in the UK. But after three years living in the beaut ...more

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	Daughters of the Lake 3.64 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words'Worth: a fiction writer's guide to serious editing 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chergui's Child 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water's Edge 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things We Choose to Hide 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope and Deception it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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