Jane Dunn

Jane Dunn is a British author. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.^[1]

Early and personal life

She was born Jane Thesen, daughter of David and Ellinor Thesen, in Durban, South Africa. She is great-great-grand-daughter of both John Bennie (first Xhosa linguist, and co-founder of Lovedale Mission School) and Charles Wilhelm Thesen. She grew up in Wiltshire, the eldest of eight children.

Dunn received a BA (Hons) in Philosophy from University College London.^[2]

Her first job was in the editorial department of Vogue magazine.

She was married to the publisher Philip Dunn, with two children, Benjamin and Lily. She is now married to the linguist and author Nicholas Ostler and has lived in Hungerford since 2015.^[3]

Books

Non-fiction

• Moon in Eclipse: A Life of Mary Shelley (1978) ISBN 978-0-29777-383-2
• Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell: A Very Close Conspiracy (1990)^[4][5] ISBN 978-0-22402-234-7
• Antonia White: A Life (1998) ISBN 978-0-22403-619-1
• Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)^[6] ISBN 978-0-00257-150-0
• Read My Heart: Dorothy Osborne & Sir William Temple. A Love Story in the Age of Revolution (2008) ISBN 978-0-00718-220-6
• Daphne du Maurier and Her Sisters: The Hidden Lives of Piffy, Bird and Bing (2013)^[7][8] ISBN 978-0-00734-708-7

Fiction

• The Marriage Season (2023) ISBN 978-1-80483-526-5
• An Unsuitable Heiress (2023) ISBN 978-1-80483-537-1
• A Scandalous Match (2024) ISBN 978-1-80483-547-0