C. J. Carey is the pen name of Jane Thynne, author of the Clara Vine series. She was born in Venezuela, went to school in London, and then to Oxford University, where she read English. She later worked as a BBC journalist before moving to Fleet Street and working at the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, and The Independent, as well as numerous magazines. She lives in London with whichever of her three children are around. Widowland is the first novel she's written as C. J. Carey.
