With a background in history and archaeology, Jennifer Ash should really be sat in a dusty university library translating Medieval Latin criminal records, and writing research documents that hardly anyone would want to read. Instead, tucked away in the South West of England, Jennifer writes murder mysteries and historical audio dramas.
Influenced by a lifelong love of Robin Hood and medieval ballad literature, Jennifer wrote The Outlaw’s Ransom (Littwitz Press, 2018) – a short novel, which first saw the light of day within the novel Romancing Robin Hood (written under the name, Jenny Kane). Such was the popularity of the medieval part of the story, that she turned the tale into the first book of a historical crime series : The Folville Chronicles.
The Outlaw’s Ransom (Book One of The Folville Chronicles) is followed by the (much longer) novel, sequels, The Winter Outlaw, Edward’s Outlaw and Outlaw Justice,
Jennifer has also written the cosy crime novel, Manuscript Mysteries at The Robin Hood Club. This is to be the first of a series of contemporary cosy crime mysteries.
When Jennifer isn’t writing novels, she writes audio scripts for Spiteful Puppet, AUK, and Chinbeard Books, for ITV’s 1980’s adventure series, Robin of Sherwood. (She honestly can’t believe her luck!)
She has written a wide variety of Robin of Sherwood related audio stories and novellas, including: The Waterford Boy, Mathilda’s Legacy, The Baron’s Daughter, The Meeting Place, The Power of Three, The Sorcerer’s Incantation, Tales Untold and Fitzwarren’s Well.
Jennifer was mentioned in the Radio Times for her work on the audio lockdown special- Fitzwarren’s Well: – “I’m also indebted to writer Jennifer Ash, who took my conceptual idea for the story and created a script that is linked so well with the television series and seamlessly fits with the style of the late, great creator and writer of the show, Richard ‘Kip’ Carpenter.”