Born in England in 1942, Jan Andrews was the author of numerous books, including The Auction; Very Last First Time; Winter of Peril; The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley; Keri, which was nominated for a Governor Generals Literary Award; and When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew, which won the Silver Birch Express Award. Jan was the first president of Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada (SC-CC), founded the organizations StorySave project and received its Story Keeper Award. An acclaimed storyteller and author, in 2016 she was appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture as a childrens writer and a pioneer of Canadas storytelling movement. She died in 2017.
