Jess Foley was born in Wiltshire but moved to London to study at the Chelsea School of Art, and then worked for several years as a painter and actor before writing So Long At The Fair. This was followed by Too Close to the Sun. Jess lives in Blackheath, southeast London.
If all sagas were as convincing and exuberant as this, the world would be a better place. I loved it -- Monica Dickens