- Jan Karon
Jan Karon (b. 1937 in
Lenoir, North Carolina ) is an American writer, novelist and children's book author.Janice Meredith Wilson was named after a popular novel,"Janice Meredith" Fact|date=August 2007. She retired from a career in advertising and moved to
Blowing Rock, North Carolina to write. Among her awards are an ABBY Honor award for books in the Mitford series (set in the fictional community of Mitford, North Carolina). She has been designated a lay Canon for the Arts in the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy (Illinois) by the Rt. Rev. Keith L. Ackerman, SSC.Works
Novels
"The Mitford Years Series":In publication order they are:
*"At Home in Mitford ", published 1994
*"A Light in the Window ", published 1995
*"These High, Green Hills ", published 1997
*"Out to Canaan ", published 1999
*"A New Song (novel) ", published 2000
*"", published 2001
*"In This Mountain ", published 2002
*"Shepherds Abiding ", published 2003
*"Light from Heaven ", published 2005. This is the last of the nine books in this series."The Father Tim Novels":
*"Home to Holly Springs ", Release date October 30, 2007.Her books for children are:
*"Miss Fannie's Hat ", published 1998
*"Jeremy, the tale of an honest bunny ", published 2000.
*"Violet Comes to Stay ", published 2006 by Viking Children's Books. Illustrated byEmily Arnold McCully .
*"Violet Goes to the Country ", published 2007 by Viking Children's Books. Illustrated byEmily Arnold McCully .(Both Violet books are presented byJan Karon and written byMelanie Cecka .)Her Christmas gift books are:
*"The Mitford Snowmen ", published 2001
*"", published 2002.Other books
*"", published 2001, religious quotes used in the Mitford series
*"", published 2003
*"", published 2004 and edited by Martha McIntosh
*"", published 2005 (April), companion volume to Father Tim's other quote journal, "Patches of Godlight "
*"The Mitford Bedside Companion ", published 2006.External links
* [http://www.mitfordbooks.com/ "Official site for the Mitford series author"]
* [http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/register/karon2005f.shtml December 6, 2005 lecture given by Karon at the National Cathedral, entitled "Wrestling with and Writing from the Heart"]
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