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Jane Alexander

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Aberdeen, The United Kingdom

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Contemporary, Science Fiction, Thriller

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Jane Alexander is the author of The Last Treasure Hunt (Saraband), which was selected as a Waterstones Debut of the Year in 2015, and A User’s Guide to Make-Believe (Allison & Busby, 2020). Her short stories have won awards and been widely published.

In 2018, she completed a PhD in creative writing, exploring the contemporary uncanny in short fiction. Her forthcoming projects include a collection of unsettling short stories about everyday and near-future technologies. Jane is represented by Lutyens & Rubinstein Literary Agency.

As a teacher of creative writing, Jane has worked with all kinds of learners – from secondary school pupils to local elderly people, international students to men in prison. For several years she ran creative writing w ...more

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Publication day: The Flicker Against the Light

The 1st of June sees the publication of my debut short story collection, The Flicker Against the Light, which brings together 17 unsettling stories about science and technology along with an essay, ‘Writing the Contemporary Uncanny’. M.R. James meets Black Mirror in contemporary and near-future scenarios of virtual realities, data surveillance, communications technology, biomedicine and biotechnol

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	A User's Guide to Make-Believe 3.38 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2020 — 12 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
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