Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was born in Mittagong, New South Wales in 1962. She moved to Wagga Wagga in 1981 where she completed

Was born in Mittagong, New South Wales in 1962. She moved to Wagga Wagga in 1981 where she completed a Diploma in Applied Arts majoring in silversmithing. In 1984 she set up a jewellery-making workshop and exhibited at the Old Brewery Gallery in Wagga Wagga. Since 1987 Saunders has regularly exhibited paintings, drawings and collages in mixed shows in Sydney, Melbourne, the Southern Highlands and the Shoalhaven where she now lives. Since 1995 she has been holding successful solo shows once a year. She is also involved in curating art shows including LETS Show (Berry Community Centre, 1994) and Smalls on the Walls (Tea Club Cafe, Nowra, 2000).

The daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush and the fraternal twin of Ba

The daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush and the fraternal twin of Barbara Pierce Bush, is an author and school teacher.

Based in Book St., London, Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/elect

Based in Book St., London, Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Bedingfield recorded rock and gospel songs for the Hillsong London Church, while Daniel Bedingfield went on to enjoy success with hits ôGotta Get Thru Thisö and ôIf You're Not The Oneö.Natasha and Daniel share the Guinness World Record for being the only siblings to have had solo number-ones in UK chart history. Similarly, they have each cracked the Top 10 in Australia, United States, Canada and Europe.

Is an English journalist and television presenter. She worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal

Is an English journalist and television presenter. She worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent.[1] She has most recently hosted Cash in the Attic and the three series of Great British Menu.

Is a New York Times reporter for the Metro section. She writes her middle name as "8." (with both th

Is a New York Times reporter for the Metro section. She writes her middle name as "8." (with both the digit and the punctuation) on paper, but on her New York driver's license, it is spelled out as "Eight".

A Australian fantasy/ science fiction author. She is also a businesswoman, trainer and business cons

A Australian fantasy/ science fiction author. She is also a businesswoman, trainer and business consultant. Her residence is in Alice Springs, Australia.Jennifer Fallon has written thirteen books across three trilogies and one quadrilogy, all published by Voyager Books in Australia. She is also published by Tor and Random House in the US, Orbit in the UK, ACT in Russia and Heyne in Germany. Jennifer Fallon has also co-authored a tie-in novel, Stargate SG-1: Roswell, with Sonny Whitelaw.

A contemporary Australian psychiatrist, poet and photographer.Born in Liverpool, Sydney Jennifer Har

A contemporary Australian psychiatrist, poet and photographer.Born in Liverpool, Sydney Jennifer Harrison studied medicine and then specialised in psychiatry.[1] Since her first volume of poetry, Michelangelo's Prisoners in 1994, she has published several more, winning the 1995 Anne Elder Award and being short-listed for the 2000 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. Her photography has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Is an Irish novelist,She was born in Dublin, Ireland, to the Irish actor/director Shelah Richards an

Is an Irish novelist,She was born in Dublin, Ireland, to the Irish actor/director Shelah Richards and the playwright Denis Johnston, a cousin of the late actress Geraldine Fitzgerald, via Fitzgerald's mother, Edith. She was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and currently lives in Derry, Northern Ireland. She is also member of the Church of Ireland and many of her novels deal with the fading of the Protestant Anglo-Irish ascendancy in the 20th century.

An Australian author. Her crime fiction for adults is published under her own name, while her childr

An Australian author. Her crime fiction for adults is published under her own name, while her children's fiction is published under the pseudonym Emily Rodda. She is well known for the children's fantasy series Deltora Quest, Rowan of Rin, Fairy Realm and Teen Power Inc.Rowe was born in Sydney, Australia, was raised with two younger brothers on Sydney's North Shore. She attended the Abbotsleigh School for Girls, on the upper North Shore of Sydney. She attained her Master of Arts in English Literature at the University of Sydney in 1973. Her first job was assistant editor at Paul Hamlyn publishing. She later worked at Angus and Robertson Publishers where she remained for fourteen years as Editor

American poet, translator and educator/scholar born in Minnesota, raised in Iowa and currently livin

American poet, translator and educator/scholar born in Minnesota, raised in Iowa and currently living in Paris, France. Jennifer K Dick has been classified as a post-L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E school poet with a strong background in lyric and narrative tradition.

A contemporary Australian poet.Jennifer Maiden was born in Penrith, New South Wales. She took a BA a

A contemporary Australian poet.Jennifer Maiden was born in Penrith, New South Wales. She took a BA at Macquarie University in the 1970s and has been active in Sydney's poetry scene since then. Aside from writing she runs writers workshops with a variety of literary, community and educational organizations and has co-written (with Margaret Cunningham) a manual on literary workshops.Among Jennifer Maiden's many accolades are two Kenneth Slessor Prizes for Poetry, the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and the FAW Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry. She has had residencies at the Australian National University, the University of Western Sydney, Springwood High School and the New South Wales Torture and Trauma Rehabilitation Service. The novel Play With Knives has been translated into German.

Is a poet, historian, philosopher, and author.Hecht's scholarly articles and poetry have been publis

Is a poet, historian, philosopher, and author.Hecht's scholarly articles and poetry have been published in many journals and magazines. She has also written book reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The American Scholar and other publicati

Was a 20th century Australian poet and playwright.[1] Rankin was born in and grew up in Sydney and w

Was a 20th century Australian poet and playwright.[1] Rankin was born in and grew up in Sydney and went to Ravenswood Methodist School. She then studied English and Psychology at University of Sydney and completed a Diploma of Education at UNE in 1968. She worked mainly in education in Australia and England.Her first surviving poems date from 1969, her first play, untitled, from 1973. Some of her plays, there are eight in all, were produced for stage and radio during her lifetime. She received an Australia Council Senior Literary Fellowship in 1978 and had two books of poems published. Her Collected Poems was edited posthumously by Judith Rodriguez and published in 1990.

A contemporary Australian poet and academic.Jennifer Strauss was born in Heywood, Victoria and educa

A contemporary Australian poet and academic.Jennifer Strauss was born in Heywood, Victoria and educated at various boarding schools and Melbourne University.[1] Working in academia she has published several books of criticism and literary autobiography as well as editing anthologies and several volumes of her own poetry. The current president of the Australian Federation of University Women Strauss is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of English at Monash University.

Was an Australian poet, playwright, and editor.Jenny Boult was born in Warwickshire, England in 1951

Was an Australian poet, playwright, and editor.Jenny Boult was born in Warwickshire, England in 1951 and migrated to Western Australia with her family in 1967. Jenny Boult's family consisted of her mother Molly Boult (maiden name Elliot), father Dean Boult, younger brother Dean Boult Jr, and younger sister Christine Boult. Jenny Boult attended Applecross Senior High School in Perth. She lived for a time in Sydney and in Melbourne before moving to Adelaide with her baby son, Dan in 1977.

Is an English poet. Her poem Warning ("When I am an old woman I shall wear purple/With a red hat whi

Is an English poet. Her poem Warning ("When I am an old woman I shall wear purple/With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me... ") was identified as the UK's "most popular post-war poem" in a 1996 poll by the BBC

Is an acclaimed Greek poet and translator. She read Philology at the University of Athens.

Is an acclaimed Greek poet and translator. She read Philology at the University of Athens.

Is a Danish writer.His novel An Altered Light was shortlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dubli

Is a Danish writer.His novel An Altered Light was shortlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Is a Danish poet, author, photographer, composer and architect.Jens Fink-Jensen was born December 19

Is a Danish poet, author, photographer, composer and architect.Jens Fink-Jensen was born December 19, 1956(1956-12-19) in Copenhagen, Denmark. From 1968 to 1972 Fink-Jensen attended school in Store Heddinge where he was a classmate with the Danish poet Søren Ulrik Thomsen.

Was a Danish poet.Baggesen was born at Korsør. His parents were very poor, and before he was twelve

Was a Danish poet.Baggesen was born at Korsør. His parents were very poor, and before he was twelve he was sent to copy documents at the office of the clerk of the district. He was a melancholy, feeble child, and before this he had attempted suicide more than once. By dint of indomitable perseverance, he managed to gain an education, and in 1782 entered the university of Copenhagen.

Was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a

Was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization on the whole. He led a turbulent life and his uncompromising humanity would cost him both an obscenity conviction as well as long periods of heavy drinking and bouts of depression, which in the end led to his suicide.

Is a German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic. He was a member of the Norddeutsche

Is a German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic. He was a member of the Norddeutsche Philharmonie in Rostock in 1992/93, and the flutist of the orchestra Saitensprünge in 1994/95. He has worked as a freelance artist, flutist, composer, teacher, and conductor. in 1997 he founded the ensemble Gruppe Kontraste together with Christian Ridil. In 1998 he was principal flute of the Junge Philharmonie Hessen-Thüringen. He has collaborated with the Mutare Ensemble in Frankfurt.[1]

Was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen" and pr

Was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen" and pronounced "I. P. Jacobsen". He began the naturalist movement in Danish literature and was a part of the Modern Breakthrough.

Was a Norwegian aviator, explorer and author.Arriving in Antarctica in early January 1911, Gran was

Was a Norwegian aviator, explorer and author.Arriving in Antarctica in early January 1911, Gran was one of the 13 expedition members involved in the laying of the supply depots needed for the attempt to reach the South Pole later that year. From November

Was an English baroque composer.Thought to have been born in London in 1674, Clarke was a pupil of J

Was an English baroque composer.Thought to have been born in London in 1674, Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Paul's Cathedral. He later became organist at the Chapel Royal. "A violent and hopeless passion for a very beautiful lady of a rank superior to his own" caused him to commit suicide by shooting himself. Before shooting himself, he also considered hanging himself and drowning himself. He was succeeded in his post by William Croft.