Jane Green

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1999
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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About the Author

Jane Green (born May 31, 1968), is the pen name of Jane Green Warburg, an English author of women's novels. Together with Helen Fielding she is considered a founder of the genre known as chick lit.

Green was born in London, England. She attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and worked as a journalist throughout her twenties, writing women's features for The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan and others. At 27, she published her first book, Straight Talking, which went straight on to the bestseller lists, and launched her career as "the queen of chick lit".

Frequent themes in her most recent books include cooking, class wars, children, infidelity, and female friendship. She says she does not write about her life, but is inspired by the themes of her life.

Her novels The Beach House and Second Chance were on the New York Times bestseller list for several weeks during the summer of 2008. as was Dune Road.

In addition to novels, she has taught at writers conferences, and writes for various publications including The Sunday Times, Parade magazine, Wowowow.com, and The Huffington Post.

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Mr. Maybe

    To Libby Mason, Mr Right has always meant Mr. Rich. A twenty-seven-year-old publicist, she's barely able to afford her fashionable and fabulous lifestyle, and often has to foot the bill for dates with Struggling Writer Nick, a sexy but perpetually st...

  • Bookends

    British sensation Jane Green delivers a sparkling tale of old friends reunited and old jealousies rekindled. Catherine Warner and Simon Nelson are best friends: total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love. Cath is scatterbrained, ...

  • Jemima J

    Jemima Jones is overweight. About one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin and social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the Kilburn Herald, Jemima finds that her on...

  • Straight Talking

    Meet Tasha -- single and still searching. A producer for Britain’s most popular morning show working under a nightmare boss, Tash is well-versed in the trials and tribulations of twenty-first century dating. She and her three best friends certainly...

  • Babyville

    Meet Julia, a wildly successful television producer who appears to have the picture-perfect life. But beneath the surface, things are not as perfect as they seem. Stuck in a loveless relationship with her boyfriend, Mark, Julia thinks a baby is the a...

  • Spellbound

    Jane Green, author the best-sellers The Beach House and Second Chance, follows happily married Alice who moves from London to the USA only to discover that her life is not as fairy-tale as it seems in Spellbound. Alice has everything. So why isn't sh...

  • The Other Woman

    In Jane Green's delicious novel, the Other Woman is the mother-in-law. Ellie thinks she's found the perfect man in Dan, and she loves being accepted as part of his close-knit family. Until she begins to realize that Dan's mom, Linda, is a little too ...

  • To Have and To Hold

    Alice knows she should be happy. A charming twenty-eight-year-old with a successful catering business, she's always dreamed of a rose-covered cottage in the English countryside, filled with children and animals and home-cooked meals. Her favorite att...

  • This Christmas

    The holidays can sometimes make or break a relationship. Now, in this trio of warm, witty, insightful stories, three very different women face questions of the heart that could change all their Christmases to come. . . When her husband's job takes hi...



  • Vacation

    in This Christmas

    This Christmas, take some time out to indulge in these sweet, sexy stories from three of your favorite authors. Because while Santa may visit but once a year, romance is the gift that keeps on giving... VACATION by JANE GREEN If Sarah knew mov...

  • Life Swap

    Ever wondered what would happen if you got the chance to live the life you couldn't have? Amber Winslow has got the kids, the hubby, the suburban home in Connecticut, USA -- and the feeling that somehow life is passing her by. Vicky Townsley is...

  • Swapping Lives

    What if a successful, single Londoner and a comfortable, Connecticut mother of two were to walk in each other's shoes for a month? Vicky Townsley is the director of Poise! magazine and lives a glamorous London life. She has everything she wants -- ex...

  • Second Chance

    Jane Green has become a nationally bestselling author with legions of fans through her novels about the true-life dilemmas of real women--their relationships, their careers, their loves, their triumphs and disappointments. In her latest book, Green t...

  • The Beach House

    Nan Powell is a free-spirited, sixty-five-year-old widow who's not above skinny-dipping in her neighbors' pools when they're away and who dearly loves her Nantucket home. But when she discovers the money she thought would last forever is dwindling, s...

  • Dune Road

    Jane Green's last novel, The Beach House, was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured her largest audience yet. From the sunny green lawns of Connecticut to the cafes of London to the sandy beaches of Nantucket, Green draws from her own lif...

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  • Promises to Keep

    From the New York Times bestselling author-a momentous new novel about a family suddenly thrown together Callie Perry is a successful family photographer living in upstate New York. She adores her two daughters, has great friends, and actually doe...

  • The Love Verb

    This is a life-affirming story, filed with laughter, love and hope...When photographer Callie has life-changing news, she - and her whole family - learn that love is not just about word. It is about deeds. After all, love means being there, through e...

  • Another Piece of My Heart

    A story that explores the complications of a woman marrying into a ready-made family, and the true meaning of motherhood. Andi has spent much of her adult life looking for the perfect man, and at thirty-seven, she's finally found him. Ethan--divo...



  • A Walk in the Park

    Bestselling author Jane Green has partnered with Bioré® for the short story "A Walk in the Park," about Amy Adamson, a 20-something whose life is suddenly filled with surprises. But one thing that doesn't have to be unpredictable is your complexio...

  • Family Pictures

    New York Times bestseller Jane Green delivers a riveting novel about two women whose lives intersect when a shocking secret is revealed From the author of Another Piece of My Heart comes Family Pictures, the gripping story of two women who live o...

  • Tempting Fate

    From Jane Green, the New York Times bestselling author of such beloved novels as Jemima J, The Beach House, Another Piece of My Heart, comes an enthralling and emotional story about how much we really understand the temptations that can threaten even...

  • Saving Grace

    Grace and Ted Chapman are widely regarded as the perfect literary power couple. Ted is a successful novelist and Grace, his wife of twenty years, is beautiful, stylish, carefree, and a wonderful homemaker. But what no one sees, what is churning under...

  • Cat and Jemima J

    From New York Times bestselling author Jane Green comes Cat and Jemima J, a free ebook original short story.Featuring Jemima, the main character from Green's beloved novel Jemima J, and Cat, the main character from her novel Summer Secrets. Fans of t...

  • Summer Secrets

    June, 1998. At twenty-seven, Cat Coombs is struggling. She lives in London, works as a journalist, and parties hard. When she discovers the identity of the father she never knew she had, it sends her into a spiral. She makes mistakes that cost her th...

  • Falling

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House, Jemima J, and Summer Secrets presents a novel about the pleasure and meaning of finding a home -- and family -- where you least expect them... When Emma Montague left the strict confines o...

  • The Sunshine Girls

    The New York Times bestselling author of Falling presents a warm, wise, and wonderfully vivid novel about a mother who asks her three estranged daughters to come home to help her end her life. Ronni Sunshine left London for Hollywood to become a ...

  • The Sunshine Sisters

    Ronni Sunshine left London for Hollywood to become a beautiful, charismatic star of the silver screen. But at home, she was a narcissistic, disinterested mother who alienated her three daughters. As soon as possible, tomboy Nell fled her motherâ€...

  • The Friends We Keep

    The new rich and heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sunshine Sisters and Falling, about second chances later in life. Maggie, Evvie, and Topher met one another during their first week at university and instantly b...



  • Sister Stardust

    Jane Green reimagines the life of troubled icon Talitha Getty in this transporting story from a forgotten chapter of the Swinging '60s Claire grew up in a small town, far from the glitz and glamour of London. On the cusp of adulthood, she ye...

  • When We Were Friends

    From New York Times bestselling author Jane Green comes a riveting story about a friendship that turns ugly when a woman realizes her new best friend is not what she seems. By all accounts, Lucy’s handled her divorce well. She’s finally in the...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jane Green has published 31 books.

Jane Green does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, When We Were Friends, was published in October 2024.

The first book by Jane Green, Mr. Maybe, was published in June 1999.

No. Jane Green does not write books in series.
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