Jenny Twist was born in York and brought up in the West Yorkshire mill town of Heckmondwike, the eldest grandchild of a huge extended family.
She left school at fifteen and went to work in an asbestos factory. After working in various jobs, including bacon-packer and escapologist’s assistant (she was The Lovely Tanya), she returned to full-time education and did a BA in history, at Manchester and post-graduate studies at Oxford.
She stayed in Oxford working as a recruitment consultant for many years and it was there that she met and married her husband, Vic.
In 2001 they retired and moved to Southern Spain where they live with their rather eccentric dogs and cat. Besides writing, she enjoys reading, knitting and attempting to do fiendishly difficult logic puzzles.
In July 2018 she won the Author Show TOP FEMALE AUTHOR Fantasy/Horror/Paranormal/Science Fiction award.

A novel based on the von Däniken theory that the gods were spacemen. 
Set in the prehistoric Mesolithic age with the goddess Athena as a young girl and Prometheus, a young cave-dweller, as the main protagonists.
The boy watched the star fall. It fell very slowly, and it was not one light but a multitude of lights spinning lazily through the night sky. Then great silver fish flew through the sky and other mysterious lights began to appear on the mountain. At last a great thunderbolt struck the ocean. The sound was flat and hollow and unbelievably loud, as if a giant had stamped on the earth. And the sign of the Goddess appeared in the sky – the sign of the Sacred Mushroom. These are the events that mark the arrival of the Atlantis, the doomed starship, bringing new gods who would change the life of the boy and his people forever. 


The Owl Goddess

Nyctimene opened her eyes. They were a rich, living gold and so bright they almost seemed to be lit from within. Athena couldn't tear her gaze away. She looked into them and felt as if she were falling. Nyctimene gazed back. The two of them stayed locked together and Athena was overwhelmed by a strange, diffuse joy. Then Nyctimene spoke. 


The sound she made was a sort of rasping chirrup. But the thought was crystal clear I see you. Athena held her breath. She was too moved to speak. She sent the thought. I see you too, Nyctimene. 


Then, as if a switch had been clicked, Nyctimene opened her beak and let out her raucous hungry cry. It broke the spell.


"All right, Nyctimene. You don't have to shout. I'll feed you straight away." 


The little bird quietened immediately and watched her trustingly as she reached into the bag of meat and tweezed out a piece. 


A few minutes later Athena heard Artemis call up the stairs. "Athena, are you there? I've got something to show you."


Chapter 33