Jane K. Cleland’s multiple award-nominated and IMBA best selling Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series [St. Martin’s Minotaur] has been reviewed as an Antiques Roadshow for mystery fans. “Josie” stories have also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Jane chairs the Wolfe Pack’s literary awards, which include the Nero Award and the Black Orchid Novella Award, granted in partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. She is a past chapter president of the Mystery Writers of America/New York Chapter and served on the national board as well. Library Journal named Consigned to Death a "core title" for librarians looking to build a cozy collection, one of only 22 titles listed, along with books by Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. The full article is at www.libraryjournal.com.

Jane also writes noir plays around the theme of women who love men they hate.

Additionally, Jane is on the faculty of Manhattanville College's Master of Arts in Writing program and Western Connecticut State University's MFA in Creative & Professional Writing programs. She also teaches writing at MIT's spectacular Endicott House. There she facilitates weekend workshops for Aspiring Writers and for Alumni of any of her writing workshops, attendees at her writing panels, or participants in her classes. www.janecleland.net