Jane Aiken Hodge

Novelist

Birthday December 4, 1917

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Massachusetts

DEATH DATE Jun 17, 2009 (91)

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About

British-American writer known for her works of historical and detective fiction. Her novels include Wide is the Water, Judas Flowering, and Shadow of a Lady.

Before Fame

She graduated from both Oxford University and Radcliffe College.

Trivia

During the early 1940s, she was employed by Time Magazine.

Family Life

Her sister, Joan Aiken, had a career as an author of children's fiction and supernatural novels.

Associated With

Her father was novelist and Pulitzer-winning poet Conrad Aiken.