Jane Sanderson (born 17 August 1962) is a British novelist. Sanderson was educated at Kirk Balk School near Barnsley, and at Leicester University.
She was a newspaper journalist before joining the BBC, where she was a producer on The World At One, PM, and Woman's Hour. In 2011, Sanderson's debut novel, Netherwood, was published by Little, Brown.
Set in a Yorkshire pit village around the turn of the 20th century, and based in part on Sanderson's own family history, it has been widely acclaimed and is the first in a series.
The sequel, Ravenscliffe, was published in September 2012, and the third book in the series, Eden Falls, in September 2013.
Sanderson's fourth book, This Much Is True, is a contemporary family drama and not part of the Netherwood series.
It was published in May 2017 by Orion.
Her next book, Mix Tape, will be published by Transworld in early 2020.
Transworld reportedly paid a six-figure sum for the UK and Commonwealth rights, and Mix Tape has also been bought by publishers in five countries: Germany, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Sanderson has been married since 1993 to the journalist and author Brian Viner.
They have three children and live in Herefordshire, England.