Jane M Cullen

I am an exercise teacher, specialising in teaching people living with long term medical conditions. I am also an author and my latest book is 'A Ghost of Beaumont Lodge'.

All my novels have a different theme. I don’t want to be pigeon-holed into one genre and if I was to be asked what genre I write in, I really couldn’t say. Perhaps comedy/romantic fiction for 'Say That Again', but with an unusual hero who is living with Parkinson’s. 'A Secret Sky' explores the complex relationships in one family and how long hidden secrets will often come to light and ultimately harm those involved.

'Looking for You' is different again and is a fantasy exploring the subject of grief with a bit of time travel thrown in. 'Hey Remy' is very funny but moving at the same time; and 'Sunstar' is difficult to pigeonhole because it’s a little fantasy at the beginning that turns very dark about WW1.

I was asked to adapt 'Say That Again' into a one hour play, which I did and it was performed twice at a large festival in Rochester and sold out both times. I was then contacted by a lovely woman in Australia who has Parkinson’s and she asked if she could put it on at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre in Perth. They did a Q and A after both sold out performances and won an award for best play in West Australia. Say That Again is now being made into a short film.