Jane New grew up in Tasmania, Australia. When she wasn't at the beach or in the bush with a pack of neighborhood kids, she was reading. The highlight of her young life was the day she turned thirteen and satisfied the entry requirement for the adult section of the local library.

She discovered writing in her thirties and has published short stories, verse, and nonfiction articles in Australia. Bored with the depiction of romantic heroes and heroines as eternally young and beautiful, she wrote a brief erotic piece for a lover about a middle-aged couple. He liked it so much that he encouraged her to write more, and several short pieces have been published on various websites.

She dreams of a cottage near the sea where all she has to do is write, feed her cat, and have occasional lovers to stay. Purely for research purposes, of course.

“The Job Interview” is her first story for Cobblestone Press.