Jane O'Neill was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Girton College, Cambridge, and is a life-member of the Bronte Society. She has run workshops for teachers and students on Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre and wrote and produced for the Bronte Parsonage Museum The Young Person's Guide to the Brontes of Haworth, which won a commendation from The Society for the Interpretation of Britain's Heritage. She has published books for students and teachers on Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.