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Jacqui Rose

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Jacqui Rose is a British crime fiction novelist, and as J. P. Rose, a children's author.

Rose was born in Manchester,[1] of Jamaican, Nigerian and Anglo-Irish ancestry.[2] She was adopted as a child, grew up in a Yorkshire village, and trained as an actor, before running prison writing workshops, and then crime fiction.[1][2]

Rose has written 14 gangland crime thrillers.[2]

She has collaborated with Martina Cole to co-author Loyalty, which was published in 2023.[3]

Writing as J. P. Rose, her first children's book, The Haunting of Tyrese Walker was published by Andersen Press in 2023, and has been shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award.[4][5]

In 2024, Andersen Press published Birdie, her second book for children.[6] Also in 2024, Rose was a judge for the Jhalak Prize.[1]

As Jacqui Rose

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  • Taken (2012)
  • Trapped (2013)
  • Dishonour (2013)
  • Betrayed (2014)
  • Avenged (2014)
  • Disobey (2015)
  • Toxic (2018)
  • Fatal (2019)
  • Sinner (2019)
  • Poison (2020)
  • Rival (2020)
  • The Streets (2022)
  • The Women (2023)

with Martina Cole

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  • Loyalty (2023)
  • Guilty (2024)

As J P Rose

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  • The Haunting of Tyrese Walker, 2023, Andersen Press
  • Birdie, 2024, Andersen Press

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Our Judges". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "J P Rose | 'Birdie is the child that I wasn't ever brave enough to be. She was always there, such a loud voice in my head'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Loyalty by Martina Cole, Jacqui Rose". www.shakespeareandcompany.com. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Shortlist 2023 – The Branford Boase Award and The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition". branfordboaseaward.org.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ^ Anderson, Porter (27 April 2023). "The Branford Boase Award Names Its 2023 Shortlist". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Birdie by J P Rose". Little Toller Books. Retrieved 11 December 2024.