Jan-Andrew Henderson
(J A Henderson)
Jan-Andrew Henderson (J. A. Henderson) is an award winning author of 40 books, including adult and YA thrillers, children and teen novels and non-fiction.
His thrillers have been shortlisted for 15 literary awards and he is the winner of the Doncaster Book Prize, the Aurealis Award and the Royal Mail Award - Britain's biggest children's book prize. He is a professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors and runs The Green Light Literary Rescue Service providing manuscript assessments and editing services for writers worldwide. You can see his Wikipedia page here.
Other roles include manuscript assessor and industry mentor for the Queensland Writer's Centre, mentor for the Horror Writers Association, Secretary for the Romance Writers of Australia, ambassador for Australia Reads, convenor for the Aurealis Awards, judge for the Bram Stoker Awards and peer assessor for the Australian Government's Council For the Arts. He teaches online courses for the Romance Writers of Australia Academy, Infostack, Skill Bundles and Authors Crib, has appeared at numerous writers festivals and given talks and workshops across the UK and Australia in conjunction with Literature Live, Authors Abroad, Nexus Arts and Speakers Ink. You can see his Wikipedia page here.
You can buy his books on this website or at Amazon UK , Amazon.com and Amazon AU.
'One of the UK’s most promising writers’ – Edinburgh Evening News
‘One of the UK’s best talents’ – Lovereading.co.uk
‘A moving, funny and original writer’ - The Austin Chronicle
‘Jan Henderson writes the kind of thrillers that make you miss your stop on the bus’ – Times Educational Supplement
‘Jan Henderson has written some incredible books… One of my favourite authors’ – Sharon Rooney (star of My Mad Fat Diary and Barbie)
‘If there were more books like yours out there maybe kids would be reading more’ – Charlie Higson (Young James Bond and The Enemy Series)
His thrillers have been shortlisted for 15 literary awards and he is the winner of the Doncaster Book Prize, the Aurealis Award and the Royal Mail Award - Britain's biggest children's book prize. He is a professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors and runs The Green Light Literary Rescue Service providing manuscript assessments and editing services for writers worldwide. You can see his Wikipedia page here.
Other roles include manuscript assessor and industry mentor for the Queensland Writer's Centre, mentor for the Horror Writers Association, Secretary for the Romance Writers of Australia, ambassador for Australia Reads, convenor for the Aurealis Awards, judge for the Bram Stoker Awards and peer assessor for the Australian Government's Council For the Arts. He teaches online courses for the Romance Writers of Australia Academy, Infostack, Skill Bundles and Authors Crib, has appeared at numerous writers festivals and given talks and workshops across the UK and Australia in conjunction with Literature Live, Authors Abroad, Nexus Arts and Speakers Ink. You can see his Wikipedia page here.
You can buy his books on this website or at Amazon UK , Amazon.com and Amazon AU.
'One of the UK’s most promising writers’ – Edinburgh Evening News
‘One of the UK’s best talents’ – Lovereading.co.uk
‘A moving, funny and original writer’ - The Austin Chronicle
‘Jan Henderson writes the kind of thrillers that make you miss your stop on the bus’ – Times Educational Supplement
‘Jan Henderson has written some incredible books… One of my favourite authors’ – Sharon Rooney (star of My Mad Fat Diary and Barbie)
‘If there were more books like yours out there maybe kids would be reading more’ – Charlie Higson (Young James Bond and The Enemy Series)
