Jane Sanderson (born 17 August 1962) is a British novelist.Sanderson was educated at Kirk Balk School near Barnsley, and at Leicester University. She was a newspaper journalist before joining the BBC, where she was a producer on The World At One, PM, and Woman's Hour.In 2011, Sanderson's debut novel, Netherwood, was published by Little, Brown. Set in a Yorkshire pit village around the turn of the 20th century, and based in part on Sanderson's own family history, it has been widely acclaimed and is the first in a series. The sequel, Ravenscliffe, was published in September 2012, and the third book in the series, Eden Falls, in September 2013. Sanderson's next book, This Much Is True, is a contemporary family drama and not part of the Netherwood series. It will be published in May 2017 by Orion. Wikipedia