Jan- Andrew Henderson (J A Henderson)
Jan-Andrew Henderson (J. A. Henderson) is an award winning author of 33 books. They include adult and YA thrillers, children and teen novels and non-fiction.
His thrillers have been shortlisted for 13 literary awards and he is the winner of the Doncaster Book Prize and Royal Mail Award - Britain's biggest children's book prize. His novels are known for breaking down the dividing line between adult and young adult books. Both his YA and adult novels are characterised by twisting, utterly original plots, laced with dark humour.
He also runs The Green Light Literary Rescue Service - providing manuscript asessments and editing services for writers worldwide.
He is a member of the UK and Australian Society of Authors, is a professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors, a manuscript assessor and industry mentor for the Queensland Writer's Centre, an ambassador for Australia Reads, a convenor for the Aurealis Awards and a peer assessor for the Australian Council For the Arts.
You can buy his books at Amazon UK and Amazon.com and see his Wikipedia page here.
'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 Dumbo)
‘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 13 literary awards and he is the winner of the Doncaster Book Prize and Royal Mail Award - Britain's biggest children's book prize. His novels are known for breaking down the dividing line between adult and young adult books. Both his YA and adult novels are characterised by twisting, utterly original plots, laced with dark humour.
He also runs The Green Light Literary Rescue Service - providing manuscript asessments and editing services for writers worldwide.
He is a member of the UK and Australian Society of Authors, is a professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors, a manuscript assessor and industry mentor for the Queensland Writer's Centre, an ambassador for Australia Reads, a convenor for the Aurealis Awards and a peer assessor for the Australian Council For the Arts.
You can buy his books at Amazon UK and Amazon.com and see his Wikipedia page here.
'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 Dumbo)
‘If there were more books like yours out there maybe kids would be reading more’ – Charlie Higson (Young James Bond and The Enemy Series)
