Jane de Gay is a British academic and lecturer who has earned an international reputation as an expert on the life and works of Virginia Woolf. de Gay's works on Woolf include a series of articles and a 2006 book, Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past, published by Edinburgh University Press. Her work has been recognised by the . She has co-edited four books on gender and theatre, including Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women (with Lizbeth Goodman). de Gay is also an Anglican priest serving as Assistant Curate at St Martin's Church, Potternewton, Leeds.