Jane Hamilton

Jane Hamilton (born July 13, 1957) is an American novelist.

Early life

Jane Hamilton grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, the youngest of five children. She won prizes for poetry and short stories throughout high school and college, but was always told that being a writer would not be a viable career. Because she was not a good speller, she did not believe she could be a copy editor or editor either. Hamilton graduated from Carleton College in 1979 as an English major. She interned with Dell Publishing for Children after college with intentions of becoming an editor.

Career

Despite rejection from the graduate programs she applied to, Hamilton kept writing in her spare time. In 1983, her short story, “My Own Earth” launched her career when an intern pulled it from a slush pile and passed it up to Harper’s Magazine editor, Helen Rogan. The publication of “My Own Earth” was soon followed by more success when her short story “Aunt Marj’s Happy Ending” was published by Harper’s Magazine in December 1983. "Aunt Marj's Happy Ending" later appeared in The Best American Short Stories 1984

Jane Hamilton (British noblewoman)

Lady Jane Hamilton (before 1704 – 6 December 1753, Paris) was a British noblewoman. She was the fifth child and third daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (d. 1734) and Elizabeth Reading, daughter of Sir Robert Reading, 1st Baronet. She was mistress to Frederick, Prince of Wales and First Lady of the Bedchamber, Mistress of the Robes and Privy Purse to his wife, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.

On 29 September 1719 she married Archibald Douglas-Hamilton (d. 1754). They had six children:

Jane Hamilton (disambiguation)

Jane Hamilton (born 1957) is an American novelist.

Jane Hamilton may also refer to: