Jan

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Although she knew she wanted to write fiction in grade school, Jan O’Hara left her dreams behind for a time to become a family physician. She provided birth-to-death healthcare to her patients and served as an assistant professor, teaching medical students and residents about patient-centered care and human sexuality.

Jan lives in Alberta, Canada with her two children and husband (aka the ToolMaster.) Once obsessed with helping people professionally, she has retired from medicine and now spends her days torturing them on paper. See? Win-win scenarios really do exist.

Jan had the honor of contributing an essay on author health to Author in Progress, a Writer’s Digest Book edited by Therese Walsh.

Her debut novel, Opposite of Frozen, is a contemporary romance. (The premise: Trapped in a small mountain town with a busload of feisty retirees and a commitment-phobic stowaway, a retired athlete realizes that he’s become more frail and fossilized than his charges.)

“If O’Hara’s next books are anything like this one, she’s got a long career ahead of her. A sweet, heartfelt series love story.”—Kirkus Reviews

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