Jane Carter Woodrow

Jane is is a criminologist, crime author, TV scriptwriter and dramatist. Her stageplay "Lifer - a woman of principle" adapted to audio starring Michelle Collins and with an intro by poet Lady Unchained, will be released April 2021. Her play "Whack-A-Mole", a comedy thriller featuring three generations of women, formed part of the "I'm Here, Where Are You?" Arts Festival in Cambridge in 2019, followed by a short regional tour, will also be adapted to audio 2021. Her TV work includes consultant on crime documentaries including a 90 minute film March 2021 for Channel 5 " Rose: the Making of a Monster" as featured in her book "Rose West: the Making of a Monster", 'Ten Steps To Murder' (2019), 'The Killer in My Family' (aka 'My Deadly Relation' in the U.S.) for Really TV (2019), Britain's Most Evil Killers" and "The Fred and Rose Story" C5 . She also appears on news programmes including Sky News about the Yorkshire Ripper 2020 and ITV news commenting on homicides, eg, Sabah Khan who brutally murdered her sister, and the harrowing abduction and murder of a young woman, India Chipchase, from outside a Northampton club. Jane's books "Rose West: the Making of a Monster" and "After Evil" - the latter telling the story of a victim of the Yorkshire Ripper, are published by Hodder & Stoughton. Her thriller "Between Two Worlds: a Detective Hoban Novel" is based on Dennis Hoban, the iconic Head of Leeds CID in the 1960s. This book won an honorary award at the San Francisco book festival. Jane has a BA (Hons) Modern History at London University, and a Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, where she was also a research fellow and research associate.