Janice Hallett

Shelby Judge (University of Derby)

Ed. by Grace Moore, University of Otago
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 1969
Activity 2021-ongoing

Places

Active in United Kingdom

Genres and Modes

Crime and Detective

Activities

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Novelist

Other

Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Hallett's Works

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Janice Hallett (b.1969) is a crime writer, known for her ‘cosy’ and technology-driven crime novels. She studied English at University College London, followed by a Screenwriting MA at Royal Holloway, University of London. Hallett began her writing career at

Cosmetics International

, a magazine aimed at retailers of beauty products where she worked for fifteen years. Hallett then worked in government communications for the Cabinet Office, Home Office, and Department for International Development (Kellaway 2021). She is best known for her crime novels, which are characterised by their use of technology in the storytelling method, often in the form of epistolary emails, text exchanges, and recovered documents.

Hallett’s debut novel, The Appeal (2021), is centred on an amateur

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Citation: Judge, Shelby. "Janice Hallett". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 April 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15410, accessed 12 May 2025.]