Jane Harris

(born 1962) in Belfast, raised Glasgow.

Belfast-born Jane Harris was raised in Glasgow, but currently lives in London with her husband. A graduate of the University of East Anglia's Creative Writing course, she was writer-in-residence at Durham Prison before writing her début novel, The Observations. The historical novel set in 19th century central Scotland was subject to a bidding war between three publishers; Faber and Faber eventually won. The Observations was shortlisted for the 2006 Saltire Society Book of the Year awards.

Harris is also the writer of two Bafta-nominated short film scripts. Her second novel, Gillespie and I, was published by Faber in 2011.

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Gillespie And I - Hardback
In 1888, young, art-loving Harriet Baxter arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. Befriending the Gillespie family, Harriet soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes the promise and certainties of this world all too rapidly disorientate into mystery and deception.
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The Observations - Paperback
Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her not-so-innocent past in Glasgow, Bessy Buckley takes a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but puzzled by her increasingly strange requests.