About Jane Shuter

Born June 21, 1955, in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia); daughter of William Andrew Mortimer (a technical designer) and Ivy Louise Gross; married Paul Derek Shuter (a publisher), April 16, 1977; children: Joseph. Education: Lancaster University, B.A. (honors), 1976; teacher training, Madeley College of Education. Hobbies and other interests: Gardening herbs and vegetables, cooking, spinning and weaving wool.