Member Jane Dismore is a recipient (October 2021) of the Antonia Fraser Award

Jane is delighted to be the recipient of an Antonia Fraser Award (October 2021), a grant for the purpose of research/writing a biography of a woman or women.  Her proposed subject is Lady Dorothy Mills (nee Walpole), an early 20th century traveller, writer and novelist and one of the first women Fellows of the Royal Geographic Society.  A link to an earlier feature Jane wrote for the Eastern Daily Press is found here: https://janedismore.com/2014/12/10/lady-dorothy-mills-nee-walpole/

About Jane

Jane Dismore is a freelance writer of history and heritage and a biographer. She writes books and features and is a member of the Society of Authors, the Historical Writers’ Association (HWA), the Biographers’ Club, the Biographers’ International Organisation and, as a solicitor (now non-practising), the Law Society of England and Wales.  Jane is also an experienced public speaker and has presented on radio.  Her literary agent is Andrew Lownie.  

Jane’s next book will be out in February 2022.  It’s called Tangled Souls: Love and Scandal among the Victorian Aristocracy (pub. The History Press). It’s now available to pre-order: https://smarturl.it/TangledSouls

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