by Jean Gill
I’ve published all kinds of books, both with traditional publishers and self-published. You’ll find everything under my name from prize-winning poetry and novels, military history, translated books on dog training, to a cookery book on goat cheese. My work with top dog-trainer Michel Hasbrouck has taken me deep into the world of dogs with problems, and inspired one of my novels. With Scottish parents, an English birthplace and French residence, I can usually support the winning team on most sporting occasions.
www.jeangill.com
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SONG AT DAWN
Book 1 in the award-winning Troubadours Quartet.
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‘Historical Fiction at its best.’ Karen Charlton, the Detective Lavender Mysteries
Four Discovered Diamonds Awards
Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice
Winner of the Global Ebooks Award for Best Historical Fiction
Finalist in the Wishing Shelf Awards and the Chaucer Awards
On the run from abuse, Estela wakes in a ditch with only her lute, her amazing voice, and a dagger hidden in her underskirt. Her talent finds a patron in Aliénor of Aquitaine and more than a music tutor in the Queen's finest troubadour and Commander of the Guard, Dragonetz los Pros.
Weary of war, Dragonetz uses Jewish money and Moorish expertise to build that most modern of inventions, a papermill, arousing the wrath of the Church. Their enemies gather, ready to light the political and religious powder-keg of medieval Narbonne.
Set in the period following the Second Crusade, Jean Gill's spellbinding romantic thrillers evoke medieval France with breathtaking accuracy. The characters leap off the page and include amazing women like Eleanor of Aquitaine and Ermengarda of Narbonne, who shaped history in battles and in bedchambers.
SOMEONE TO LOOK UP TO
If you loved Mielitta’s bees, try Someone to Look Up To, written from a dog’s viewpoint.
Top Pick Award from Litpick Student Reviews. By IPPY and Global Ebook Award Winning author. For all dog-lovers!
‘Jean Gill has captured the innermost thoughts of this magnificent animal.’ Les Ingham, Pyr International
A dog's life in the south of France. From puppyhood, Sirius the Pyrenean Mountain Dog has been trying to understand his humans and train them with kindness.
How this led to their divorce he has no idea. More misunderstandings take Sirius to Death Row in an animal shelter, as a so-called dangerous dog learning survival tricks from the other inmates. During the twilight barking, he is shocked to hear his brother's voice but the bitter-sweet reunion is short-lived. Doggedly, Sirius keeps the faith.
One day, his human will come.
LEFT OUT
If you like Young Adult books that are enjoyed by adults too; if you’re left-handed or know a leftie, try Left Out
“A compelling story about friendship, its strength, and the unusual ways it develops.” Rebecca P. McCray, The Journey of the Marked
Being different isn’t easy but it can be exciting!
How well do you know your friends? Are they left-handed or right-handed? Are they left-brained or right-brained? And what difference does it make?
Shocked at discovering how left-handers are persecuted, Jamie ties her hand behind her back for a public protest in school. This does not go down well with the teachers. Her best friend Ryan joins in but just when their campaign is working, Ryan’s mother drops a bombshell. She’s whisking him off from Wales UK to live back in America.
There he faces bullying at its most deadly, and Jamie has to live from one email to the next, waiting to know whether her friend is hanging in there.
A modern classic of friendship and teen life, with all its pitfalls and challenges.
“As a parent and a teacher, I felt this book in my gut. It hits so close to home on more levels than I can count.” Anita Kovacevic, teacher and children’s author, contributor to the international Inner Giant Anti-Bullying Project.
FORTUNE KOOKIE
Can dreams take over your life? Although it is Book 2 of the series Looking for Normal, the book stands alone.
Shortlisted for the Cinnamon Press Novella Award
“Jean Gill brings her magical storytelling skills to teens, to weave compelling and thought-provoking stories that will linger on in their minds well after the last page is read.” Kristin Gleeson, author and children's librarian
Jamie's mother is hooked on fortune-tellers, and running the family into debt. To cure her, Jamie decides to investigate the psychic world, and to show that it is a rip-off, with the help of her best friend, Ryan. Their research causes havoc in school and they are drawn deeper into the very world they are investigating.
Jamie's dreams of walking a medieval battlefield are so vivid that she feels compelled to resolve a historical mystery that starts at Kidwelly Castle in South Wales, where Princess Gwenllian once lived.
Caught up in what seem to be supernatural events, Jamie doesn't know what to believe and is sleepwalking into danger. Will friendship be strong enough to bring her back into the real world?
Jean Gill’s Publications
Novels
Life After Men: Book 1 The Silver Sex Kittens
co-authored by Karen Charlton (The 13th Sign) 2018
Someone to Look Up To: a dog’s search for love and understanding (The 13th Sign) 2016
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The Troubadours Quartet
Book 5 Nici’s Christmas Tale: A Troubadours Short Story (The 13th Sign) 2018
Book 4 Song Hereafter (The 13th Sign) 2017
Book 3 Plaint for Provence (The 13th Sign) 2015
Book 2 Bladesong (The 13th Sign 2015)
Book 1 Song at Dawn (The 13th Sign ) 2015
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Love Heals
Book 2 More Than One Kind (The 13th Sign) 2016
Book 1 No Bed of Roses (The 13th Sign) 2016
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Looking for Normal (teen fiction/fact)
Book 1 Left Out (The 13th Sign) 2017
Book 2 Fortune Kookie (The 13th Sign) 2017
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Non-fiction/Memoir/Travel
How Blue is my Valley (The 13th Sign) 2016
A Small Cheese in Provence (The 13th Sign) 2016
Faithful through Hard Times (The 13th Sign) 2018
4.5 Years – war memoir by David Taylor (The 13th Sign) 2017
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Short Stories and Poetry
One Sixth of a Gill (The 13th Sign) 2014
From Bedtime On (The 13th Sign) 2018 (2nd edition)
With Double Blade (The 13th Sign) 2018 (2nd edition)
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Translation (from French)
The Last Love of Edith Piaf – Christie Laume (Archipel) 2014
A Pup in Your Life – Michel Hasbrouck 2008
Gentle Dog Training – Michel Hasbrouck (Souvenir Press) 2008
