Jean Morris

A native of the City of Birmingham, Jean Morris married her husband Ken in 1952. They moved to Canada in 1957 with their two-year-old daughter and in 1963 moved again to California, USA, where their son was born. They decided to return to the UK in 1971 when Ken's youngest brother died very suddenly. Although always having had the urge to write, she didn't start writing seriously until she and Ken retired from the family business in 1992. She has had many articles published in magazines, has...See more

A native of the City of Birmingham, Jean Morris married her husband Ken in 1952. They moved to Canada in 1957 with their two-year-old daughter and in 1963 moved again to California, USA, where their son was born. They decided to return to the UK in 1971 when Ken's youngest brother died very suddenly. Although always having had the urge to write, she didn't start writing seriously until she and Ken retired from the family business in 1992. She has had many articles published in magazines, has won two awards for her short stories and has published two non-fiction books. Now a widow, she lives in Hove in East Sussex. She is a Council member and past Chairman of the Society of Women Writers & Journalists (founded in 1894). See less