Roberts, Dorothy Jane, * 8 May 1929 (Saratoga Springs, New York), † 5 Sep 1984 (Elmira, New York)

Jane Roberts – her first given name is never used – preferred to see herself as a poet and writer, but achieved fame by her books based upon “channeled” messages received from a “spiritual entity” called Seth. Her childhood was difficult: her parents divorced while she was still a small child, and Jane spent some years in a Roman Catholic orphanage. Having returned home, she was forced to take care of the household w…