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Jane Green | |
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| Born | 31 May 1968[1] London, England |
| Other names | Jane Green Warburg |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse(s) | first, David Burke; second, Ian Warburg |
| Children | 6, of whom 2 are stepchildren |
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]
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 was employed by Granada TV as a publicist in her early 20s.[2] She continued working as a journalist throughout her twenties,[when?] writing women's features for publications including The Daily Express,[2][5][better source needed] The Daily Mail, and [citation needed] Cosmopolitan magazine.[citation needed]
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 has taught at writers' conferences,[2] and writes for various publications including Cosmopolitan magazine,[2] The Sunday Times,[citation needed] The Daily Telegraph,[citation needed] Parade magazine,[citation needed] and The Huffington Post.[2] A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, she is publishing a cookbook, Good Taste.[full citation needed] As of this date,[when?] Green is also writing as a weekly column for The Lady magazine in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] Her contribution of an e-book on the marriages of English royals for ABC News, Green became an ABC News Radio correspondent, and covered the 2011 wedding of "Kate" Middleton to England's Prince William.[2]
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]
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]
