ABOUT

One of Jan Field’s pet peeves is people who use outdated photos on websites and ads. So why is she using a twenty-five-year-old photo on her own website? Well, first, her husband, the photographer and web designer, likes it. And second, this is the author when she wrote the first draft of Yesterday’s Lies. Yep, the first draft was written almost thirty years ago.

And then the manuscript languished in a closet while she and her husband (the photographer) built their tourism related business. It wasn’t until she was semi-retired that she pulled it out, dusted it off, and began rewriting it while she participated in workshops, took courses, read books, and studied the craft of writing.

Now, five years later, Yesterday’s Lies is ready to go out into the world. And will soon be joined by its sister, Silence of the Deep. More siblings to follow. What an amazing journey!

Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, and the youngest of eleven children, Jan obtained an honours degree in English Literature from Laurentian University and expected to go into teaching. A road not taken.

Instead, she answered a job posting for a manager of an organization representing fishing and hunting resorts and tourist accommodation for Sudbury and surrounding areas. Jan spent seven years in this post, acquiring a deep respect for the fiercely independent tourist operators, along with a little bit of knowledge about running a northern Ontario tourism operation, before leaving for the Big Smoke and another job in tourism.

Although her new job only lasted a year, it was there that she met her partner in life and love. Together, over the next thirty-some years, they built and operated their own tourism business.

Jan currently lives in Uxbridge, Ontario with her husband, Blain, and their dog, Raine.

. . . And she is delighted and grateful for the journey.