Jane Healey has a BA (Hons) from Warwick University, an MSc in Literature & Modernity from Edinburgh University, and studied on the MFA Fiction course at CUNY Brooklyn College. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the Costa Short Story Award, the Bristol Prize, and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She lives in London, and previously wrote Historical Debut Novel Award winner The Animals at Lockwood Manor and The Ophelia Girls.
This biography was last updated on 06/02/2026.
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