Janet Cameron

Janet Cameron has a BA (Hons) 2.1 with the Open University in literature and philosophy, (1994-96.) She holds an MA in Modern Poetry with the University of Kent at Canterbury, (2001-2003), incorporating the philosophical manifestos of major poets and the work of the controversial founding father of deconstruction in philosophy, Jacques Derrida. She is a retired lecturer at the University of Kent.

Cameron holds a full Cert.Ed in further education (1993) and has lectured for many years in English literature and creative writing. She is an award-winning writer, and the author of several books, including regional histories and philosophy, numerous articles on history, philosophy, feminism and human rights and short literary fiction. She also writes a monthly magazine column for Writers Forum.

She won First Prize for her monologue in the prestigious Clemence Dane Cup, 2007 (Society of Women Writers & Journalists) in the presence of Princess Michael of Kent who asked her for her writing tips. (A scary moment!) The judge was playwright and novelist Simon Brett.