Mary Gifford

Dr Mary Gifford has had a varied career in national newspapers, pharmaceuticals, and in university teaching in English literature. She gained her PhD from Oxford Brookes for her thesis on medical discourses in the eighteenth-century novel. Her specialist knowledge of the early novel has given her a huge appreciation for the groundbreaking strides made by Jane Austen in this literary form, which has involved her unfortunate husband in watching (often repeatedly) as many adaptations of her works etc. as possible!