Jane Sanderson was born in South Yorkshire in 1962. She studied English at Leicester University, then after graduating she became a journalist. After a series of jobs with local newspapers she joined the BBC where she worked as a producer for Radio 4, first on the World at One, and then on Woman's Hour. She lives with her husband, the journalist and author Brian Viner, and their three children in rural Herefordshire.

Jane's first novel, Netherwood, is published by Sphere. The sequel, Ravenscliffe, is to be published later in 2012; Jane is now working on the third in the series, Eden Falls.