Jane Barker Wright was born in 1953 and educated in Ontario. While at Queen`s University, she fell in love with a metallurgical engineer and so has lived in Trail, B.C., Sydney, Australia, Tumbler Ridge, B.C. and Greymouth, New Zealand. She now lives in Vancouver with her husband. They have a moderate number of children.

Her first novel, The Tasmanian Tiger, was published by Polestar Press in 1988. She has written a book column for Horticultural Magazine for many years.