Jane Rogers (novelist)

Jane Rogers (born 21 July 1952) is a British novelist, editor, scriptwriter, lecturer, and teacher. She is best known for her novels Mr. Wroe's Virgins and The Voyage Home. In 1994 Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Early life
Rogers was born in London on 21 July 1952. She was educated at Oxford High School, a private girls school in Oxford. She then matriculated into New Hall, Cambridge to study English. She graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1974. She went on to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at the University of Leicester in 1976.

She now lives in Banbury.

Career
Her novel The Testament of Jessie Lamb was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

In November 2015, her adaptation of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It starred Romola Garai as Cassandra and Toby Jones as Mortmain.

Prizes and honours

 * 1985 - Won Somerset Maugham Award Somerset Maugham Award (for Her Living Image, published 1984)
 * 1994 – Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
 * 2011 – Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (for The Testament of Jessie Lamb)
 * 2011 – Won the Arthur C. Clarke Award (for The Testament of Jessie Lamb)