Jane Stevenson is a British author who was born in London and brought up in London, Beijing and Bonn. She has lectured in history at Sheffield University, and teaches literature and history at the University of Aberdeen, where she is currently is the Regius Professor of Humanity. Her fiction books include Several Deceptions and Good Women, collections of novellas; a novel, London Bridges; and the historical trilogy made up of the novels The Winter Queen, The Shadow King, and The Empress of the Last Days. Stevenson lives in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Her academic publications include Women Latin Poets, Early Modern Women Poets with Peter Davidson and The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby, co-edited with Peter Davidson. [More at Wikipedia]

January 1st, 1959 in London (Age 65)