Jan Karon

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Jan Karon, born Janice Meredith Wilson (1937), is an American author.

Janice Meredith Wilson was named after a popular novel, Janice Meredith. 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. 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.

Born in Lenoir, North Carolina, her novels are set in the fictional community of Mitford, North Carolina. In publication order they are:

The Mitford Years Series:

  • 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
  • A Common Life: the Wedding Story, 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.

Her books for children are:

  • Miss Fannie's Hat, published 1998
  • Jeremy, the tale of an honest bunny, published 2000.

Her Christmas gift books are:

  • The Mitford Snowmen, published 2001
  • Esther's Gift: a Mitford Christmas Story, published 2002.

Other books:

  • Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's favorite quotes, published 2001, religious quotes used in the Mitford series
  • The Trellis and the Seed: A Book of Encouragement for All Ages, published 2003
  • Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader : Recipes from Mitford Cooks, Favorite Tales from Mitford Books, published 2004 and edited by Martha McIntosh
  • A Continual Feast: words of comfort and celebration, collected by Father Tim, published 2005 (April), companion volume to Father Tim's other quote journal, Patches of Godlight
  • Violet Comes to Stay, published 2006.
  • The Mitford Bedside Companion, published 2006.

The Father Tim Novels:

  • Expected in late 2007.

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