Jacqui Rose
Jacqui Rose is a British crime fiction novelist, and as J. P. Rose, a children's author.
Rose was born in Manchester,[1] of Jamaican, Nigerian and Anglo-Irish ancestry.[2] She was adopted as a child, grew up in a Yorkshire village, and trained as an actor, before running prison writing workshops, and then crime fiction.[1][2]
Rose has written 14 gangland crime thrillers.[2]
She has collaborated with Martina Cole to co-author Loyalty, which was published in 2023.[3]
Writing as J. P. Rose, her first children's book, The Haunting of Tyrese Walker was published by Andersen Press in 2023, and has been shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award.[4][5]
In 2024, Andersen Press published Birdie, her second book for children.[6] Also in 2024, Rose was a judge for the Jhalak Prize.[1]
As Jacqui Rose
[edit]- Taken (2012)
- Trapped (2013)
- Dishonour (2013)
- Betrayed (2014)
- Avenged (2014)
- Disobey (2015)
- Toxic (2018)
- Fatal (2019)
- Sinner (2019)
- Poison (2020)
- Rival (2020)
- The Streets (2022)
- The Women (2023)
with Martina Cole
[edit]- Loyalty (2023)
- Guilty (2024)
As J P Rose
[edit]- The Haunting of Tyrese Walker, 2023, Andersen Press
- Birdie, 2024, Andersen Press
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Our Judges". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "J P Rose | 'Birdie is the child that I wasn't ever brave enough to be. She was always there, such a loud voice in my head'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Loyalty by Martina Cole, Jacqui Rose". www.shakespeareandcompany.com. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Shortlist 2023 – The Branford Boase Award and The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition". branfordboaseaward.org.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ Anderson, Porter (27 April 2023). "The Branford Boase Award Names Its 2023 Shortlist". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Birdie by J P Rose". Little Toller Books. Retrieved 11 December 2024.