Jean Chapman is a British

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 writer of romance novel

Romance novel

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s since 1981 and a lecturer in creative writing. Her debut novel

Debut novel

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 "The Unreasoning Earth" and "The Red Pavilion" were both shortlisted for the Parker Pen Romantic Novel of the Year Award.

She was elected the twenty Chairman (2001–2003) of the Romantic Novelists' Association

Romantic Novelists' Association

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 and is the three-time President of the Leicester Writer's Club.

Biography

Jean Chapman was born on 30 October 1939 in England, UK. On 24 March 1951, she married with Lionel Alan Chapman, they had 1 son and 2 daughters. In 1989, she obtained a BA at Open University.

Jean Chapman lives in a small village in Leicestershire

Leicestershire

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, England

England

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Single novels

• The Unreasoning Earth (1981)
• Tangled Dynasty (1984)
• The Forbidden Path (1986)
• Savage Legacy (1987)
• The Bellmakers (1991)
• Fortune's Woman (1991)
• A World Apart (1993)
• The Red Pavilion (1995)
• The Soldier's Girl (1997)
• This Time Last Year (1999)
• A New Beginning (2001)
• Both Sides of the Fence (2009)