Jan Karon

Jan Karon
Jan Karon is an American novelist who writes for both adults and young readers. She is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Mitford novels, featuring Father Timothy Kavanagh, an Episcopalian priest, and the fictional village of Mitford. Her most recent Mitford novel, Come Rain or Come Shine, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List. She has been designated a lay Canon for the Arts in the Episcopal Diocese of Quincyby Keith Ackerman, Episcopal Bishop of Quincy,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves!
For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the table, to have my work out there. Now I must write a book every two years, and that's never enough time, either.
The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.
I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books.
I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me.
Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.
This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in these books that comes from Him and goes out to my reading audience. I'm forever grateful for that. It's a privilege.
I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.
There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.
It's totally changing your body chemistry. It's a very healthy thing to do. It is said that 15 minutes of laughter is worth six hours of meditation.
I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.
My grandmother influenced me so deeply.
Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
Bottom line, wasn’t life itself a special occasion?