Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico (born 4 July 1940) is a British lawyer and crime fiction writer. She is the daughter of George Edric Neel and Mary Isabel Budge. She was educated at South Hampstead High School, Hampstead, London, England and graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Honours, Law.
The Baroness Cohen of Pimlico | |
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 Official portrait of Baroness Cohen of Pimlico | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2000 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janet Neel Budge 4 July 1940 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | James Lionel Cohen |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge (BA) |
She started to work as a practising solicitor in 1965. She married James Lionel Cohen, son of Dr. Richard Henry Lionel Cohen, on 18 December 1971. She was a Governor of the BBC between 1994 and 1999. She was created a life peer as Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, of Pimlico in the City of Westminster on 3 May 2000[1] and sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords. She is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[2]
As Janet Neel and Janet Cohen she is the author of crime fiction novels.
Bibliography
editFrancesca Wilson and John McLeish series
edit- Death's Bright Angel (1988)
- Death on Site (1989)[3]
- Death of a Partner (1991), shortlisted for Gold Dagger Award
- Death Among the Dons (1993), shortlisted for Gold Dagger Award
- A Timely Death (1996)
- To Die For (1998)
- O Gentle Death (2000)
Other novels
edit- The Highest Bidder (1992); writing as Janet Cohen
- Children of a Harsh Winter (1995); writing as Janet Cohen
- Ticket to Ride (2005)
References
edit- ^ "No. 55840". The London Gazette. 8 May 2000. p. 5023.
- ^ "St Edmund's College - University of Cambridge". www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Deutsch: Wer zweimal fällt, ist endlich tot
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