Jane Abbott

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Name

Jane Abbott

Bio

Jane is a published author of two novels, and is represented by Gaby Naher of Left Bank Literary. In 2014, Watershed, a dystopian cli-fi, received a Commendation in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for an Unpublished Manuscript, and was subsequently picked up by Penguin Random House. It was published in July 2016; Elegy, a young adult novel, was published in September the same year. Elegy was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature in 2017 https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards/ethel-turner-prize-young-peoples-literature/2017-3 

She is currently working on her third novel, but progress has, until now, been pitifully slow. Meanwhile, Book 2 of the Watershed series hovers in the background.

Genre

General Fiction, Thriller

Why Do You Write?

Because I must.

Have you been published before?

Yes

If yes, where have you been published?

Penguin Random House, 2016

What are you currently working on?

A contemporary novel.

What are your long term goals?

To complete the 'Watershed' series.

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