Jeanne Ryckmans

Jeanne has had a successful career in the media and book publishing. She was an on-air television presenter and reporter fronting Masterpiece, TV World, and Imagine arts programs on SBS Television, producer/director of  two documentaries for SBS Independent, features editor at Elle Magazine, senior book publisher for two multinationals: Random House/HarperCollins and one independent, Black Inc where she established the commercial imprint, Nero Books.

Jeanne was the Artistic Director of the Canberra Writers' Festival (2019-2022) - the latter whilst working simultaneously as a literary agent.

Jeanne has worked with authors including dual Miles Franklin award-winner Christopher Koch, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, Socceroos legend Johnny Warren, Margaret Whitlam, 2019 Stella Prize winner Vicki Laveau-Harvie and many others.

Jeanne is the author of three books. Her most recent book is Trust: A Fractured Fable (Upswell Publishing, 2023).

Described as a “gripping debut memoir” and “masterfully written”, Trust is the true story of manipulation that deeply affected her.

“Beautifully and cleverly told…I read it in one sitting and loved loved loved it” - Simon Winchester

“The extraordinary story of an Irish Ripley…Captivating and astounding” - Anne Summers

“A darkly funny book - part memoir, part historical research, part detective story…a gem of a book” - Sydney Morning Herald

“I read Jeanne Ryckmans’ tense, elegantly written (and disarmingly black-humoured) Trust…it is a hang-on-tight rollercoaster of emotion and foreboding” - Paul Daley, The Guardian.

“I couldn’t stop reading. The humour is subtle and the plot packs a punch” - Barnes & Noble

“A masterfully written tale of deception, and the consequences of shattered trust…part memoir and part personal detective story, I read it one sitting” - Mamamia The 10 best non-fiction reads you won’t be able to put down.