Jan is a children's author in Scotland with a heart for kids and a background in fostering. When she's not writing, Jan works as a Pain Reduction Therapist. Her debut book, "Marty's Great Adventure," gently explores how children cope with loss or separation from a parent. Drawing upon her many years of experience in fostering, she writes with the aim of helping children to heal from separation and loss as well as navigating the many challenges life throws at us. 

 

Her books give parents, carers, teachers or social workers a story to start conversations which she

hopes will lead to a better understanding, that what happens TO a child, is not their fault. She sees

so many adults in her clinic who have carried a trauma from childhood. Many times it's a trauma

which the child could have had no influence over - a divorce, death, a parent leaving the household

or the child being taken into foster care. All of which are very traumatic and if not spoken about at

length, till the child has processed what has happened, and understand that it's not their fault,

they can and often do, carry that trauma into adulthood.
 

When not writing or working, Jan also enjoys pottery and can often be found teaching people wheel throwing. A mother of four grown-up children, she shares her countryside home with her cat, Oscar.