Moran, Jan: - Jan Moran is a USA Today bestselling author of women's fiction. She writes intriguing, uplifting, and emotionally rich contemporary and 20th-century historical fiction. The Midwest Book Review, Booklist, and Kirkus have recommended her books, calling her heroines strong, complex, and resourceful. Visit her at www.janmoran.com and join her reader's club. Her books are also translated into German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, and other languages. Jan studied writing at the UCLA Writers Program, sailed on Semester at Sea, and graduated from the University of Texas and Harvard Business School. She lives near the beach in southern California.