Jane Johnson was educated at Liskeard Grammar School.

From 1984 to 1992, she was the editor responsible for the J. R. R. Tolkien list at George Allen & Unwin Publishers, then Unwin Hyman, then HarperCollins, where she is also Publishing Director for the Voyager fantasy and science fiction list. Her authors there include Clive Barker, David Eddings, Raymond E. Feist, Robin Hobb, Dean Koontz, and George R. R. Martin.

As Jude Fisher she worked with cast and crew to create the Visual Companions to Peter Jackson's movie trilogy of The Lord of the Rings. Her latest novel, Crossed Bones, is her first adult mainstream novel, inspired by the abduction of a family member in 1625 from a Cornish church by Barbary pirates.

As Jane Johnson

For children:

• The Secret Country (Eidolon Chronicles 1) 2005
• Shadow World (Eidolon Chronicles 2) 2006
• Dragon's Fire (Eidolon Chronicles 3) 2007

For adults:

Crossed Bones was published by Viking Penguin (UK) in April 2008 and in the US by Crown

• The Tenth Gift: A Novel 2008
• The Salt Road: A Novel 2010(published by Viking (UK) in August 2010)

As Jude Fisher

• Sorcery Rising (Fool's Gold Book 1) 2003
• Wild Magic (Fool's Gold 2) 2004
• Rose of the World (Fool's Gold 3) 2005
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Visual Companion ("The Lord of the Rings" S.) 2001
• The Two Towers: Visual Companion 2002, with introduction by Viggo Mortensen
• The Return of the King: Visual Companion ("Lord of the Rings" S.) 2003
• The Lord of the Rings: Complete Visual Companion 2004

As Gabriel King

• The Wild Road 1998 (with M. John Harrison)
• The Golden Cat 1999 (with M. John Harrison)
• The Knot Garden 2000 (with M. John Harrison)
• Nonesuch 2002 (with M. John Harrison)