Jennifer Robson

Jennifer Robson is an academic, lifelong history nerd, former editor turned full-time author of historical fiction and romance novels. She debuted her writing career with the novel “Somewhere in France,” the first novel of the bestselling “Great War” series. Most of her novels are set either during or immediately after the end of World War I and World War II. She has also contributed to the “Fall of Poppies” anthology. Robson is known for her themes of women dreaming of achievement. While the novels are often categorized as historical romances with their sepia-toned and pastel-hued covers featuring couples in longing stares, these novels are anything but. Rather they are historical fiction with women at the center of the story. As someone that was so interested in history, Jennifer went to Western University’s King’s University College, from where she graduated with a degree in Modern History and French Literature. She also went to the University of Oxford’s Saint Antony’s College where she got her Ph.D. in British social and economic history. While at Oxford Robson was an SSHRC Doctoral Fellow and a Commonwealth Scholar. For several years, she was an editor before she decided to quit and become a professional author once her debut novel became a huge success. She currently lives with her husband and children in Toronto, Canada.