One name. Two Authors

JACQUELINE HARRETT

Jacqui Harrett was born and brought up in Northern Ireland but has lived in various parts of Wales for over forty years. Cardiff is her home now. Her book on writing with children Exciting Writing, (Sage) won the UKLA Author Award in 2006 and her teaching ideas have been published in TES. A mini-book on storytelling, Tell me Another, was published by UKLA and she has had various academic publications on topics related to storytelling and writing.

A former teacher and academic she now concentrates on writing fiction, for adults and children. Her short story, ‘A Soldier’s Tale’, was published in The Wish Dog (Honno). In 2016 a novel, Elin, co-authored with Janet Laugharne, was longlisted for the Cinnamon Debut Novel Prize. Short fiction has been published online with Modernartbypost, Paragraph Planet and Adhocfiction. At present she is planning a sequel for Elin with Jan and editing her psychological crime novel, Hell Hath No Fury.

JANET LAUGHARNE

Originally from Gwynedd, North Wales, Janet Laugharne has lived in Cardiff for many years. A professor emeritus with a keen interest in languages, her non-fiction writing has been published by Bloomsbury, Springer and Multilingual Matters.

Janet is now relishing the return to creative writing with several successes. She has had a story, ‘Going Home’, published in Yours magazine, commendations in Writers’ Forum and publications online in Litro and Paragraph Planet. Janet also writes poetry and she won first prize in Writers’ Forum, for her poem ‘Chopin in the Park (Warsaw 1976)’.

Co-authored work has also enjoyed some success with a novel, Elin, being long-listed for the Cinnamon Debut Novel Prize in 2016. At present, Janet is working on a crime novel, The Penaluna Way, and co-writing the sequel to Elin with Jacqui Harrett.