Jan Doke

JAN DOKE retired from teaching high school English and Bible in 2006 to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a published author. Three years later she published BROKEN JAR: 365 DAYS ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL, a daily devotional book. This, her first novel, was birthed almost by accident; every time she told another story of her days as a fifth-grade hoodlum, somebody would tell her she needed to "get all this down in writing for your grand kids while you still have a little of your mind." Jan...See more

JAN DOKE retired from teaching high school English and Bible in 2006 to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a published author. Three years later she published BROKEN JAR: 365 DAYS ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL, a daily devotional book. This, her first novel, was birthed almost by accident; every time she told another story of her days as a fifth-grade hoodlum, somebody would tell her she needed to "get all this down in writing for your grand kids while you still have a little of your mind." Jan lives in Belton with her husband, Larry, and works as a private tutor and a reading interventionist. Besides writing, she enjoys studying and teaching the Bible, speaking at women's retreats, mentoring at a drug rehab center, traveling, hiking, cooking, fishing, and playing with her five grandchildren. She has been published in CHRISTIAN WOMAN magazine and is currently working on a sequel to BROKEN JAR. See less