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Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
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Jill Pitkeathley was born in Guernsey in the Channel Islands of the United Kingdom. She was involved for a long time with social work in the UK and worldwide. In 1997 Prime Minister Tony Blair made her a Life Peer in the House of Lords.
She has survived cancer twice and began writing about Jane Austen after this second incident. Her first novel concerning Austen was entitled Cassandra and Jane. The second book, Dearest Cousin Jane, is now in paperback.
Pitkeathley lives in Herefordshire, England.