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Jean Overton Fuller. Jean Overton Fuller talks to Radio Northampton about her books:.

Jean Overton Fuller (7 March April ) was a British writer most famous for her book Madeleine (), which tells the story of her friend and former.

Evening Telegraph article September 2nd Courting controversy has almost become a way of life for artist and writer Jean Overton Fuller. The 77 year old spinster has written a succession of books throughout her life which have rattled the authorities. Evening Telegraph reporter Nick Tite went to her Wymington home to find out more about her work.

A BBC documentary transmitted 6th August Michael Ventris , a prodigy in languages, deciphered the earliest known writing system in Europe. Jean would have been 9 years old and Michael 6 at the time of their meeting. The interview took place at her home, Steep House in Wymington on 21st May The grisly crimes of Jack the Ripper, accounts of injustice during the Second World War and stories of abuse in schools have all flowed from the pen of Jean Overton Fuller.

' The Author Jean Overton Fuller is an honours graduate in English from the University of London and has also undertaken post-graduate work in phonetics and.

The writing bug she caught while still a teenager and her insatiable desire for the truth have dominated her life. Her latest book, Cats and Other Immortals, has allied skill with the written word to her talent as an artist. Her mother was an artist and passed on tips to her daughter. After a spell on the stage, she studied art at the Academie Julien in Paris and ever since, she has painted as a hobby.

The walls of her house are covered in paintings of cats and feline creatures have become a focal point of her life. So much so, that after years of writing hard- hitting works, she has turned her skills to writing a book about cats.