About the Author

Jan Dearman's life-long avocation has been writing fiction, especially that having roots in the history, heritage, and beauty of the Tennessee River Gorge near Chattanooga.

Jan is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a concentration in speech, theater, and English. She has received a couple of writers’ conference awards for fiction, and two of her poems have been published. Jan has devoted most of her adult life to teaching, speaking, and writing Christian materials for ladies and children, including numerous published lectures given in the US and Singapore. Jan was part of the original team that began the Gospel Broadcasting Network. Her responsibilities included writing advertising, promotional materials, and scripts. She also wrote, “N. B. Hardeman—the Man, the Moment, and the Message,” a promotional documentary aired in 2007, prior to “GBN at the Ryman—the Tabernacle Sermons Today,” later published in hardback by Publishing Designs, Inc.  

While making their home in the South, Janis and her husband, Jim, have worked in many parts of the U. S. and abroad, particularly in Malaysia, where they were resident missionaries.