British author Jane Sigaloff was born in London and,
despite brief trips into the countryside, is a city
girl at heart. Reading and writing from a very early age,
she had her first entry in the school magazine
when she was five, and was given her first dictionary when
she was six. Unsure whether to focus on
arts or science subjects, at 16 she opted for the former on
the basis that a lab coat and safety goggles
were unflattering; although she has been known to watch ER
with a certain amount of longing.
Having studied history at Oxford University, she entered
the allegedly glamorous world of television,
initially as tea-and-coffee-coordinator for Nickelodeon
U .K. As she progressed to researcher and then
assistant producer, her contracts took her to MTV and
finally to the BBC, where assignments included
a royal wedding interview. But it was her spell as a talk-
show researcher that gave Jane a keen insight
into human behavior-this, coupled with the experience of
growing up as part of an extended
dysfunctional-but-close family, gave her a lively sense of
humor about relationships.
Both are reflected in her brilliantly funny debut novel,
Name & Address Withheld, described by
fellow Red Dress InkTM author Sarah Mlynowski as "witty,
juicy and romantic-a clever,
controversial comedy about finding love in all the wrong
places."
Since 2000 Jane has enjoyed a double life as a part-time
personal assistant, which has given her more
time to write and feel guilty about not going to the gym.
Happily single (though keeping her options
open) and having done the whole living-with-a-boyfriend
thing in her early twenties, she now lives
alone with her laptop and ever-expanding CD collection. She
ha.~ never consulted an agony aunt.
Although Jane was born and bred in the U.K., her surname
hints at a colorful family background, with
her roots somewhere in Austria, the Czech Republic and
Russia. But since the Kids from Fame and
the Brat Pack days of the 1980s, Jane's been especially
enthusiastic about all things American. As a
student she spent a month pondering the meaning of life
(and sales tax) on a road trip across North
America, and the following year returned to work as a camp
counselor-eight weeks with 500
children failing to dampen her enthusiasm for the States.
As an adult she tries to visit New York as
regularly as she can to top up her energy levels and to
shop at Banana Republic.
Her second novel for Red Dress Ink will be Lost &
Found.
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