Jean Chapman (born 30 October 1929) is a British writer of romance novels since 1981 and a lecturer in creative writing. Her debut novel The Unreasoning Earth and The Red Pavilion were both shortlisted for the Parker Pen Romantic Novel of the Year Award. She was elected the twenty Chairman (2001–2003) of the Romantic Novelists' Association and is the three-time President of the Leicester Writer's Club. Source: Wikipedia (en)