Jane Rusbridge

ROOK 'conveys an emotional impact that resonates long after the closing pages' Times Literary Supplement

'the Anglo-Saxon material is genuinely fascinating and the writing itself is really fine - often lush and ambitiously poetic, but always controlled' Daily Mail

'intense, atmospheric and beautifully written' Joanna Briscoe

'The Devil's Music ...is a sharp exposé of the devastating effects of the taboos that govern motherhood. Jane Rusbridge is a brilliant new voice. She evokes hearth-and-home in 1950s Britain with terrific delicacy.' Alison Macleod

'Vividly and intensely written' Jane Rogers

Nominated for the International IMPAC Literary Award 2011

Jane Rusbridge lives near the coast in West Sussex with her husband, a farmer. They have five children in their twenties. Jane is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of Chichester where she has been Associate Lecturer in English since 1999. Jane is also the recipient of the university's Lord Wolfendon Prize, the Philip Lebrun Prize for Creative Writing, a Bridport Prize and a FIsh Prize. Her novels are published by Bloomsbury and Bloomsbury Circus.

www.janerusbridge.co.uk