Kate Pullinger's The Last Time I Saw Jane, one of the best-kept secrets of recent Canadian fiction, tells a heady story of love, betrayal, and the complicated politics of racial interrelationships. Thirtyish Audrey is a Canadian journalist living in London, balancing a romance with African American film producer Jack and a friendship with Shereen, a Bengali who becomes Jack's other lover. Audrey's entanglements resonate through two parallel narratives, both of which also involve triangular relationships, questions of loyalty, and the politics of otherness. One storyline revisits the fascinating story of James Douglas, the mulatto first governor of British Columbia, and his part-Cree wife, Amelia. The other recalls Audrey's high school friendship with her schoolmate Jane and their secret affairs with their English teacher.

Kate Pullinger was born in Vancouver, and now lives in London. She is the author of TINY LIES, a collection of short stories, and several novels, including the Governor General Award-winning The Mistress of Nothing. She collaborated with Jane Campion on the novel of the film The Piano, and has written for film, television and radio. She teaches creative writing and new media at De Montfort University.

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