Jenni Mills was born in Birmingham. She has never been much good at getting up in the morning, so she has had to have lots of different jobs in the hope that nobody would notice this. Mostly, she has worked in broadcasting. She has presented and produced many programmes for BBC Radio Four and has directed TV documentaries for the BBC and ITV. She gained a distinction in her MA in Creating Writing at Bath Spa University, where she now tutors. ‘The Buried Circle’ is her second novel.