THE JERSEY WRITERS SOCIAL GROUP

Melvyn Lumb was born in Dumfries, Scotland, but has lived in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK, for many years. He writes Historical fiction, Sci-fi, Dark fiction/Horror, Romance and Memoirs.

Born in Yorkshire, but based on the island of Jersey for donkey's years, Jack Hall specialises in naturalistic short stories and has recently seen a selection of his observational tales adapted for BBC Radio, both in the UK and in Jersey.

Colin Lever, to date, has written four books. Recently he has been awarded a grant by ArtHouse Jersey to fund the recording of a pilot episode from his ‘Open-Mic’ sit-com novel for a radio/ podcast.

Deb Sutton was born in Suffolk in the United Kingdom and now lives in a small village in the north of France with her husband Alex. She is a staunch supporter of the Jersey Writers Social Group, who manages to attend meetings as often as she can.

Donald Brown is a prominent member of the Jersey Writers Social Group. He studied English literature at Exeter College, Oxford, where he edited the Oxford Poetry Magazine, ‘Carcanet.’

An appreciation of the Jersey Writers Social Group by Sally Edmondson AKA Tessa Barrie.

THE JERSEY WRITERS SOCIAL GROUP WAS FOUNDED BY THE AUTHOR JAMES SILLWOOD IN 2017. THE GROUP NOW HAS 138 MEMBERS. MANY MEMBERS CONTRIBUTE ONLINE, BUT THEY HOLD WEEKLY MEETNGS AT THE JERSEY LIBRARY IN ST. HELIER.

James Sillwood is the founding member of the Jersey Writers Social Group. He writes historical fiction novels under the name of James Faro and general fiction and thrillers under the name of James Sillwood.

Sally Edmondson was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, but in Jersey, Channel Islands since 1981. She has blogged and freelanced for many years and in 2021, she wrote her first novel under the name of Tessa Barrie.