About Jane Townsley BA Jane Townsley is an accomplished writer whose career spans articles, short stories, radio plays, and award-winning drama. Her work has appeared in respected publications such as The Sunday Post, Bella, Best, The Scotsman, and People's Friend, as well as in anthologies including The Keekin-Gless and Blairgowrie Writers' collections. Jane’s creative writing has earned recognition from the Scottish Association of Writers and the Scottish Fellowship of Christian Writers, and she is a prize-winning playwright in the Scottish Community Drama’s one-act play-writing competition. Jane’s passion for heritage led her to author several well-researched ancestral books. “The Welsh Connection” traces her maternal family’s journey from North Wales to Hertfordshire, featuring rare photographs and stories of Victorian railway workers and a decorated WW1 pilot. Her subsequent works, “The Ancestral Line of Hugh Higgins” and “The Ancestral Line of Margaret Townsley,” offer invaluable insights into Scotland’s travelling communities and family histories, acclaimed by descendants and historians alike. Her most recent book, “Breakfast with Lola,” is a semi-autobiographical, uplifting account of how adopting a rescue dog transformed her outlook on life. Jane’s writing blends storytelling, historical research, and personal reflection, inviting readers to explore both the past and the present through her distinctive voice.