Jane K. Cleland

Jane K. Cleland has written fourteen novels in the multiple award-winning Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series [St. Martin’s Minotaur, with short fiction published by Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine]. The series was just optioned for TV/film development. Louise Penny called Jane’s newest book on the craft of writing is Beat the Bots: A Writer’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Age of AI, “Brilliant! Every writer needs this incredibly valuable, and timely, resource.” Jane’s other nonfiction books, Mastering Suspense, Structure & Plot and Mastering Plot Twists both won the Agatha Award. In addition, Jane is a contributing editor for Writer’s Digest Magazine and the chair of the Black Orchid Novella Award, presented by the Wolfe Pack in partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. She is a member of the full time faculty at Lehman College, part of the City University of New York.