Press Kit 2020

Janice Horton is The Backpacking Housewife and the person behind the travel and adventure website www.thebackpackinghousewife.com

Janice welcomes press and blogger inquiries and is happy (delighted, actually) to be interviewed. Don’t hesitate to get in touch!

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Author Biography: Janice Horton writes contemporary romantic fiction with a dash of humour and a sense of adventure. Once her three children had grown up, Janice and her backpacking husband sold their empty nest in Scotland UK along with almost everything they owned and set off to travel the world. Since then they have been travelling full-time and have explored over 50 countries, living out of an apartment, a hut, or wherever they happen to find themselves. They are still travelling and their story has garnered lots of media attention.

Janice works as a writer wherever she is in the world. When not writing bestselling romantic adventure novels, she writes lifestyle and travel features for her website and for award-winning online e-magazines as well as national and international magazines like ‘Prima’ in the UK and ‘Friday’ in Dubai. She has also been involved in BBC Scotland’s Write Here Write Now project and has been interviewed on many podcasts and radio shows including Loose Women‘s Kaye Adams on her prime time BBC Radio Scotland Show.

NEWS

The third book in The Backpacking Housewife series is published!

Janice Horton signs a three-book deal with HarperCollins

Janice Horton is now writing for One More Chapter – the romance imprint of HarperCollins Publishers UK. Charlotte Ledger, Editorial Director, bought World All Language rights after approaching the author about writing a series of novels loosely based on Janice’s own travel experiences.

Charlotte Ledger, Editorial Director at HarperCollins said: ‘I first met Janice at the Festival of Romance and fell in love with her writing. It’s been a thrill to follow her around the world on social media and see where she ends up next and I really admire her and her husband for taking that brave leap to leave behind the UK in search of adventures abroad. The Backpacking Housewife is full of Janice’s own travel experiences and, coupled with her brilliantly commercial writing, makes for a thoroughly entertaining and inspiring read.’

Janice Horton with Charlotte Ledger – Editorial Director of One More Chapter at HarperCollins Publishers in London

The Backpacking Housewife at The London Book Fair

Look out for Janice’s backlist of bestselling romantic adventure novels

‘Island in the Sun’ ‘Bagpipes and Bullshot‘ and ‘Reaching for the Stars‘ and ‘Castaway in the Caribbean‘ – a #1 Kindle Bestseller shortlisted for the Love Story Awards.

Find out more on Janice’s Books Page. Janice blogs about travel and books from her website at www.thebackpackinghousewife.com and you’ll also find her on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and Pinterest

Click Here to Visit Janice Horton’s Book List Page on Amazon

“The book reminded me of a combination of Eat Pray Love, The Beach, and Bridget Jones.” Kat, Amazon Reviewer

Shoutline #1: IT’ S TIME TO ESCAPE FROM IT ALL THIS SUMMER

Shoutline #2: LEAVING IT ALL BEHIND FOR THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME

Story Synopsis: The Backpacking Housewife: One mum is leaving it all behind for the adventure of a lifetime… Lorraine Anderson was meant to be making a Sunday roast, not swanning off to Thailand, backpack in hand! But when she finds her husband and her best friend together there’s only one thing to do – grab her passport and never look back! Now, with each mile travelled Lori sheds the woman she once was and finds the woman she was always meant to be. A woman of passion and spirit who deserves to explore the great unknown… and to indulge in the temptation she encounters along the way!

As a bestselling writer with a world-class publishing house representing her work, together with a loyal readership and a public fascination with her lifestyle and life-story, Janice has a unique international social outreach that has seen her featured on TV, radio, print and online around the world. For more information on Janice’s media reach and social influence visit her MEDIA PAGE