Jane Thynne (born 5 April 1961) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster.

Jane Thynne was born in Venezuela on 5 April 1961. She attended Lady Eleanor Holles School in London.^[1] She read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, gaining a BA degree. She was married to fellow novelist Philip Kerr until his death in 2018, and they had three children together.^{[citation needed]}

Thynne has worked as a journalist for the BBC, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Independent, for which she was the radio critic from October 2008 to November 2011.^[2]

She has been a panelist on the BBC Radio 4 literary panel game The Write Stuff on many occasions.^{[citation needed]}

Thynne was a member of the judging panel for the Oldie of the Year award in 2010, won by Joanna Lumley,^[3] and in 2011, won by Barry Humphries.^[4] She was also a judge for the Best Online Only Audio Drama award of the first BBC Audio Drama Awards in 2012, won by Tim Fountain for Rock.^{[citation needed]}

Her first novel, Patrimony, was published in 1997. This was followed by The Shell House (1999), The Weighing of the Heart (2010) and Black Roses^[5] (2013).

• Thynne, Jane (1997). Patrimony. London: Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-1-85702-656-6.
• Thynne, Jane (1999). The Shell House. London: Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-1-85702-902-4.
• Thynne, Jane (2010). The Weighing of the Heart. Byline Books. ISBN 978-1-907560-00-2.
• Thynne, Jane (2013). Black Roses. London: Simon & Schuster UK. ISBN 978-1-84983-983-9.
• Thynne, Jane (2014). UK: The Winter Garden (USA: Woman in the Shadows). London: Simon & Schuster UK.
• Thynne, Jane (2014). UK: A War of Flowers (USA: The Scent of Secrets). London: Simon & Schuster UK.
• Thynne, Jane (2015). UK: Faith and Beauty (USA: The Pursuit of Pearls). Simon & Schuster UK.
• Thynne, Jane (2016). UK: Solitaire (USA: ). Simon & Schuster UK.
• Thynne, Jane (2020). UK: The Words I Never Wrote (USA:—). Penguin Random House.