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Jane Costello

Jane Costello

Jane Costello

Jane Costello is the Sunday Times Top Ten best-selling author of six novels including Bridesmaids and All The Single Ladies, which is shortlisted for this year's RNA Romantic Comedy award. Jane was a full-time journalist before she became an author,... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Keep calm and carry on
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My life in 8 words: "Fun, challenging, rewarding, constantly surprising and unbelievably exhausting"
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    2. Introducing Jane Costello, author of BRIDESMAIDS, THE NEARLY-WEDS, and MY SINGLE FRIEND
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    4. Jane Costello's Sparkling New Novel: Girl on the Run
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April 4, 2011
Here's the transcript of the live Q&A I did with the Liverpool Daily Post and the Liverpool Echo for LIVE READ 2011 - A...
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April 20, 2010
I would like to issue an explanation for the attention of my fellow customers in the newsagents round the corner from my...
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The Wish List will be released on April 11, 2013 in Hardcover, Mass Market Paperback, eBook
Apr 11, 2013
The Wish List is now available in Hardcover, Mass Market Paperback, eBook
Apr 11, 2013
All the Single Ladies will be released on June 07, 2012 in Trade Paperback, Mass Market Paperback
Jun 07, 2012
All the Single Ladies is now available in Trade Paperback, Mass Market Paperback
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Girl on the Run will be released on April 14, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback, eBook
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Girl on the Run is now available in Mass Market Paperback, eBook
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The Nearly-Weds will be released on May 13, 2010 in
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Jane Costello Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Keep calm and carry on Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Being comfortable in your own skin. Having people in your life who you love. Achieving your ambitions. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Heathcliff. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. I wouldn't want to be anyone but me. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Thick doorsteps of toast with tons of butter. Health food - not. Learn more about Jane Costello

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The Lady, May 23, 2013
...only Rebecca Maxted’s choice is charming and absorbing, with romance on the side THE WISH LIST by Jane Costello (Simon & Schuster, £7.99; offer price, £7.59) Emma Reiss is approaching her 30th and has decided to master a to-do list she made...
Click Liverpool, April 15, 2013
...Author Jane Costello is marking the launch of her new book at the Albert Dock alongside a host of other exciting literary activities. The award-winning novelist will be available to sign copies...
Fabulous Magazine, April 13, 2013
...to win one, enter by 11.59pm on April 27. Iâve also been reading: The Wish List by Jane Costello (£7.99, Simon & Schuster) When 29-year-old Emma Reiss stumbles upon "the list", a collection of "Things to do before we are 30 â by Marianne Reiss,...
Beauty and Lace, April 2, 2013
...of fantastic chick lit authors (who are the main focus of the site) like Jennifer Weiner, Ali Harris, Jane Costello and Milly Johnson.� We’re also big fans of retail therapy, great food and travel so we try to include posts on a range of things –...
Booktrade - Book2Book, February 26, 2013
...In the Romantic Comedy Category, for consistently humorous or amusing novels, the finalists included Jenny Colgan, Victoria Connelly, Jane Costello, Nicola Doherty, Belinda Jones and Jane Wenham-Jones. Jenny Colgan claimed victory with Welcome to Rosie...
Islington Tribune, February 22, 2013
...by Jacqueline Wilson (author) and Nick Sharratt (illustrator) (Doubleday Children's, 2011) 69. Girl on the run, by Jane Costello (Simon & Schuster, 2011) 70. Trick of the dark, by Val McDermid (Sphere, 2011) 71. A week in December, by Sebastian...
Guardian.co.uk, February 16, 2013
...prove she's a worthy spy? Will she ever see her parents again? Girl on the Run by Jane Costello Buy it from the Guardian bookshopTell us what you think: Star-rate and review this book I really enjoyed this smash-hit novel, it pulls you into the depths...
IOL, May 30, 2013
...the association could use the money. One larger question is whether the model is an anachronism. Psychiatric epidemiologist Jane Costello resigning in protest from the manual’s Child and Adolescent Disorders work group in 2009, complained that it...
The Lady, May 23, 2013
...only Rebecca Maxted’s choice is charming and absorbing, with romance on the side THE WISH LIST by Jane Costello (Simon & Schuster, £7.99; offer price, £7.59) Emma Reiss is approaching her 30th and has decided to master a to-do list she made...
Liverpool Echo, May 15, 2013
...Liverpool Echo short short story entry praised by author Jane Costello and by storyteller Cathy Roberts...
Medical News Today, May 7, 2013
..."The Pathway to Violence - Early Identification of Violence in Children and Young Adults," presented by E. Jane Costello, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. "Community-Based Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence and Keeping Guns Out of the Hands...
MediLexicon, May 7, 2013
..."The Pathway to Violence - Early Identification of Violence in Children and Young Adults," presented by E. Jane Costello, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. "Community-Based Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence and Keeping Guns Out of the Hands...
MedIndia, May 5, 2013
..."The Pathway to Violence - Early Identification of Violence in Children and Young Adults," presented by E. Jane Costello, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 1:50 p.m. - "Community-Based Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence and Keeping Guns Out...
New Indian Express, May 3, 2013
...person.  “There are many authors I love and come back to love more on re-reading. Marian Keyes, Jane Costello, J D Salinger, Roald Dahl and Vikram Seth are some of them,” she says. First name Surname Receiver's email Email 0 A+ A A- ...