Jennifer Henderson

Jennifer Morag Henderson is a writer from the Scottish Highlands. Her main interest is in history and biography. Her first book Josephine Tey: A Life is a biography of the Golden Age crime writer, and was a ‘Book of the Year’ in the Observer, Independent and Telegraph, and acclaimed by reviewers in the Wall Street Journal, TLS, Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her second book Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots was longlisted for the prestigious Highland Book Prize. Her newest book, the biography in poetry Jofrid Gunn, was published in 2025. Jennifer's poetry, short stories and articles have been widely published in magazines and anthologies, including by the BBC, in national newspapers, and in academic publications. Recent research on the French Revolution was written and published in French. Jennifer is an experienced lecturer, and has given talks at the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and at many book festivals including Wigtown and Bloody Scotland. She also gives talks and workshops for smaller writing/reading groups, including at the writing centre Moniack Mhor, in libraries, and in schools.

Jennifer has degrees from the University of Glasgow and Dalhousie University (Canada), and studied French at l’Institut Français d’Écosse and at the Université de Caen. Prior to writing full-time, she worked in several different areas of the book trade, including bookselling, libraries and publishing.