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Janet Gleesonis the author of works of fiction and nonfiction which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her books includeThe Arcanum, which was Radio Four Book of the Week and aSunday Timesbestseller;The Money Maker; which was serialized Radio Scotland and included in Radio Four Book of the Week's compilation on the financial crisis;An Aristocratic Affair;The Lifeboat Baronet; as well as three historical crime novels. Gleeson has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in English and art history from Nottingham University and a Masters from Birkbeck College, University of London. Before starting her writing career, she worked at Sotheby's and Bonhams as a cataloguer and valuer of old master paintings, and at Reed Books as an editor responsible for many of the Miller's Antique Collecting Guides. Gleeson has served as an antiques correspondent forHouse & Gardenand written fornumerous magazines and newspapers including theTimes,Daily Mail,theLiterary Review,New Statesman,Apollo,theAntique Collector, andPortcullis, the magazine of the House of Commons. She lives in a medieval barn in Dorset.
