Confessions of an agony aunt - Jane Sigaloff

British author Jane Sigaloff was born in London and, despite brief trips into the countryside, is a city girl at heart. She studied history at Oxford University before entering the allegedly glamorous world of television, initially as tea-and-coffee-co-ordinator for Nickelodeon UK then progressing to assistant producer. Her contracts took her to MTV and the BBC, where a spell as a talk-show researcher gave Jane a keen insight into human behaviour - and a lively sense of humor about relationships.

Jane lives in London and writes full-time. Passionate about music, she's equally addicted to books and movies, and reads voraciously.

Her surname hints at a colourful family background - a mix of Austrian, Czech, Russian and Lithuanian - and she eagerly embraces cultural diversity. She's especially enthusiastic about American culture: as a student, she travelled coast to coast and worked as a camp counsellor.