Jane Green (born in 1968)[2] also known by her married name, Jane Green Warburg,[1] is an English-born American author whose works of fiction are American and international best-sellers.[2] As of 2014, Green's books had sold in excess of 10 million copies globally, with translations of them appearing in thirty-one languages,[2] making her a leading author, globally, of commercial women's fiction.[not verified in body] With regard to genres, she has been described as "[o]ne of the first of the chick lit" authors,[2][3][4] and as a founding author of the form of fiction sometimes referred to as "mum lit."[3]
Biography
Jane Green was born in London, England, on 31 May 1968.[1] She attended South Hampstead High School, and went on to study fine art at Aberystwyth University.[2][1] and Ravensbourne School of Art.
Green left The Daily Express in 1996, to begin work which in the publication of her first book, Straight Talking seven months later,[2][5] for which there was a bidding war,[2] and which became a best-seller.[citation needed] The book launched her career as "the queen of chick lit".[6] Her novels include Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans (1998),[2]Life Swap (UK; Swapping Lives in the US, 2006),[2]Second Chance (2007),[2]The Beach House (2008),[2] and Saving Grace (2015),[2] five of seventeen novels through 2016 that became New York Times best-sellers.[verification needed][citation needed] As of 2014, Green had over 10 million books in print,[2] and many global best-sellers.[citation needed] "Jane Green" is the name she continued to use in her writing career, including after she married Ian Warburg of the Warburg banking family, her second spouse,[2] and legally took his name.[citation needed]
Green contributed a story on the virtue of marital fidelity for The Moth Radio Hour, which was recorded in November 2015, and aired in September 2016.[7]
Personal life
As of 2014, Green lived in Westport, Connecticut,[2] with her second husband, investment adviser Ian Warburg (grandson of Mary and Edward Warburg), whom she married 6 March 2009. Green has four children from her first marriage[2] to American investment banker Davide Burke [8] and two stepchildren.[2]
^This is alongside Helen Fielding, who pioneered the genre with her "Bridget Jones's Diary" column in The Independent.[when?] See Thomas, The Independent. op. cit.