J. A. Newman began writing when she moved to Cornwall in 2008. She had wanted to write about an important part of her life and embarked on a series of creative writing courses. Her memoir NO ONE COMES CLOSE is an emotional second chance romance.
A writer draws on what she knows and WHERE THERE'S A WILL has some elements of her background and her family history. It is a light-hearted tale of rags to riches set in south east London and the Yorkshire Dales. LOSING THE WILL is the sequel.
Her novel BAY OF SECRETS is a family saga set in her favourite part of Cornwall.
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE is an anthology with a touch of the unusual.
She is still very busy and hopes one day to publish a historical novel set in the English Civil War.