Jane Hennigan
Jane Hennigan was born in Aldershot in Hampshire. After running an e-commerce company for ten years, she returned to education to gain a degree in English Literature and Philosophy at Royal Holloway and a master's in Creative Writing from the University of Surrey. She spent seven years teaching English before moving to the seaside to concentrate on writing.
Her debut novel, MOTHS, is a high-concept thriller that follows Mary as she contemplates her life before men were driven mad by a toxin and society was upended. Now, 40 years later, when men no longer rule, she must decide how far she is willing to go to bring a possible cure to light. It was published in April 2023 by Angry Robot Books in the UK and the US.
The sequel, TOXXIC, was published in March 2024.
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Books
"An invigorating debut... ingenious in the way it takes the toxic masculinity theme of The Handmaid's Tale and flips it on its head."
- Financial Times
"Hennigan manages to deliver a personal story with depth in a world that feel all-too-possible, and does so very well."
- SFF World
"Will appeal to readers of post-apocalyptic stories like The Handmaid's Tale."
- Booklist