Witty British Fiction with Bite

Hello, and thank you for visiting.

I’m Janet Butler Male, and I write witty, character-driven fiction about women who’ve spent too long making themselves smaller to accommodate other people – and finally decide it’s time to reclaim their own lives.

Sometimes that journey is warm and uplifting.
Sometimes it’s sharper, darker and rather more complicated.
Occasionally, there’s a little magic or even a spot of time travel.

What tends to remain the same is humour, difficult relationships, women finding their footing and at least one person behaving badly.

If that sounds like your kind of story, you can browse my books via the menu above. Most of them are in Kindle Unlimited.

A Little About Me…

Born in Liverpool when dinosaurs roamed the earth (1958, but who’s counting?), I spent many wild and wonderful years in London before settling on the soggy but beautiful west coast of Scotland with my third husband.

Before becoming a writer, I worked as a stress consultant and personal stylist – proof that life is all about reinvention, something my heroines understand very well.

These days, I write stories about women navigating difficult relationships, unexpected turns and the occasional bit of magic – always with humour – I hope!