About Jane LeCompte
Pen name Jane Ashford
Welcome to the website of novelist Jane LeCompte. Her writing focuses on women negotiating the pitfalls of culture and on how ancient mythic patterns manifest in our lives.
In addition under the pen name Jane Ashford, she has written more than thirty romances. Jane has also taught literature and writing, and headed a corporate communications department.
Lost Time 2025
The story of Abby Rousseau, who has always wondered about her maternal family. Her mother’s early death and her father’s stubborn silences have left that side of her history blank until a strange summons takes her from California to Massachusetts. There, she discovers an ancestry steeped in mystery and a devastatingly attractive man who resents her very existence. Dealing with ominous threats and a garden that seems to have a mind of its own, Abby needs all her skills and courage to find her way through the depths of lost time to a chance of happiness on the other side.
Sistren
"Compassionately written story of spiritual rebirth." — Kirkus Discoveries
One reviewer says, "Buy this book. Give yourself an uninterrupted evening to read it."
MOON PASSAGE
"IN an age of change, when women have been engaged in examining and redefining their relations - with kith and kin and myth - Jane LeCompte has written a subtle first novel that brilliantly evokes that process." - NYT Review
Author Bio
Jane LeCompte fell in love with stories at a very early age, and soon discovered a longing to create her own. Her writing focuses on women negotiating the pitfalls of culture and on how ancient mythic patterns manifest in our lives.
Jane's novel Moon Passage was praised by reviewers across the United States. She was awarded a fellowship in fiction by the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. She earned a Ph.D. in English and has taught literature and writing, as well as headed a corporate communications department.
In addition under the pen name Jane Ashford, she has written more than thirty romances.
Contact
You can send a message to: readers@janelecompte.com
Press Contact:
For interviews and appearences, email: press@janelecompte.com
Literary agent:
Jennifer Weltz
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc.
216 East 75th Street
Suite 1E
New York, NY 10021
212-794-1082
jweltz@jvnla.com