Jay Taverner is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of Jacky Bratton and Jane Traies.[1] The pair were a long-established lesbian partnership[2] who met as undergraduates at St Anne's College, Oxford in 1963.[3]
Their series of books deals with historical lesbian characters.[3]
Bratton went on to an academic career at the University of London, publishing on nineteenth-century popular culture and latterly concentrating on performance; she is now Research Professor in Theatre and Cultural History at Royal Holloway, University of London.[4]
Traies is currently working on a PhD looking at the lives of older lesbians in Britain.[5] She is based at the University of Sussex.[6]
Publications
- Rebellion (Onlywomen Press 1997)
- Hearts and Minds (Diva Books 2001)
- Something Wicked (Onlywomen Press 2002)
References
- ^ Gibson, Michelle; Deborah Townsend Meem (2006). Lesbian Academic Couples. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 1-56023-619-1.
- ^ "Taverner, Jay". CountryBookshop. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^ a b "Jay Taverner: Hearts & Minds". GaydarNation. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Jacky Bratton". Royal Holloway, University of London. July 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ http://www.womenlikethat.co.uk/
- ^ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/243521