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Title
Guilty

Author
Jane Bidder

format
Paperback / softback

Publisher
Accent Press Ltd

Language
English

UK Publication Date
20140123

Description

Simon Mills, a solicitor, isn't the kind of man to go to prison. His new wife Claire, an artist, isn't the kind of woman to have a husband 'Inside'. But one night, after offering to drive their dinner guests home, Simon is involved in an horrific crash down a narrow Devonshire lane and is sent to prison for two years.

'GUILTY' is written in two parts:
the first deals with Simon's life in prison and the second, with his life once he's released. It is told in alternate viewpoints: Claire's and Simon's as well as the ghostly voice of Joanna, who died in the crash. This is a haunting modern-day story that could happen to you.

Jane Bidder trained on the Thomson Graduate Training Scheme in Cardiff (along with some very well-known BBC names) and went on to write for Drapers Record and Parents and Woman's Own before turning freelance. While bringing up her children, she wrote regularly for numerous national newspapers and magazines including, 'The Daily Telegraph Weekend' section, 'The Mail on Sunday' and 'Woman' where she wrote a weekly page for ten years.

In 2005, her first novel was published by Hodder & Stoughton (under the name Sophie King). Her eighth novel was published in March 2013 by Random House under the name Janey Fraser. All her novels have been in the Bookseller's Heatseekers' chart and one The Wedding Party was shortlisted for an award (see below).

Jane has also had several short stories published in Woman's Weekly, My Weekly and Take a Break. She has contributed to short story anthologies published by Accent Press and the Romantic Novelists' Association.

In 2006, after her first marriage broke up, Jane was selected out of several applicants to be the writer in residence of a high security prison for men (Grendon Underwood). Her initial contract was for two years but she stayed on for a third, at the request of the governor. Her role was to help men write: partly for therapy and partly for self-esteem which can reduce the risk of re-offending. Through her journalist contacts, Jane invited several outside speakers to talk at the prison, including Colin Dexter. Her experience gave her the inspiration for 'GUILTY'.

When Jane left her post (which was partly funded by the Arts Council), she was invited to be an annual judge for the life story section of the Koestler Awards: given to prisoners and those in mental institutions. Two years ago, The Times ran a large feature on her work.

Jane runs regular writing workshops and also speaks at literary festivals all over the world, including The Women's Fiction Festival in Matera, Italy; Winchester and Guildford. She has also been on breakfast television and Woman's Hour. Until her recent move to Devon, she was a tutor in creative writing at Oxford University Jane now lives near Exeter with her second husband and two sons.

AWARDS

20004 Runner up for the Harry Bowling Award

20005 Winner of the Elizabeth Goudge Award

2010 The Wedding Party was shortlisted for Love Story of The Year by the Romantic Novelists Association.

Type
BOOK

Keyword Index
Prisoners - England - Fiction.|Prisoners' spouses - England - Fiction.|Traffic accident victims - England - Fiction.

Country of Publication
Wales

Number of Pages
426

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