Jane Gardam

Jane Gardam is an acclaimed novelist who excels in the short story form. She has twice been awarded the Whitbread/ Costa Prize for Best Novel of the Year and she also holds a Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetime’s contribution to the enjoyment of literature. She was awarded an OBE in 2009. Her most recent novel, Last Friends, was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, and Jane is a recent recipient of the Charleston- Chichester Award, the only award to recognise longstanding creativity and achievement in the short story genre.