Jean Mead was born in Warwickshire in England. Moved to Staffordshire at the age of seven and attended the Howard school in Elford. Later moved to a school in Tamworth. The family moved back to Warwickshire and at the age of thirteen Jean attended Sharmans Cross High for Girls. Writing was always a favourite occupation. Many dozen of short stories were published in magazines in the UK, America, Ireland and Australia. The Other Famous Five, a novel for children was her first book to be published. A contemporary novel written under another name followed. Eventually The Widow Makers and The Widow Makers:Strife were published. Freya 800 AD is the latest book. This is the story of a woman living more than a thousand years ago at the beginning of the Viking raids on Britain. A contemporary novel No Goodbye will be in bookshops early 2013. Jean is now completing the 3rd book in the historical trilogy, The Widow Makers:Road's End.