'One of the UK's most promising writers' - Edinburgh Evening News'One of the UK's best talents' - Lovereading.co.uk'Jan Henderson writes the kind of thrillers that make you miss your stop on the bus'- Times Educational Supplement'A moving, funny and original writer' - The Austin Chronicle'Jan Henderson has written some incredible books... One of my favourite authors'- Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. Barbie) 'If there were more books like yours out there, maybe people would be reading more' - Charlie Higson (Young James Bond and The Enemy series) Jan-Andrew Henderson (J.A. Henderson) is the author of 40 children's, teen, YA and adult fiction and non-fiction books. He has been published in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and Europe by Oxford University Press, Collins, Hardcourt Press, Amberley Books, Oetinger Publishing, Mainstream Books, Black and White Publishers, Mlada Fontana, Black Hart and Floris Books. He has been shortlisted for fifteen literary awards in the UK and Australia and won the Doncaster Book Prize, The Aurealis Award and the Royal Mail Award - Britain's biggest children's book prize. He runs The Green Light Literary Breakdown Service, offering advice and editing to authors, is a professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors and teaches online courses for the Romance Writers of Australia Academy, Infostack, Skill Bundles and Authors Crib. He 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. His roles include industry assessor/mentor for the Queensland Writers Centre, mentor for the Horror Writers Association, Secretary for the Romance Writers of Australia, ambassador for Australia Reads, peer/grant assessor for the Australian Council for The Arts, convenor for the Aurealis Awards and Writer in Residence for organisations as disparate as Ipswich Kindergarten and The Catholic School, Townsville. He features in many anthologies, as a contributor and editor and has written several plays - performed as far apart as New York State, Texas, Leeds and the Edinburgh International Festival. He is also the founder of Black Hart Entertainment which runs the famous City of the Dead Ghost Tours in Edinburgh and Black Hart Press.
