Jane Ross Potter has a background in science and law. Her novel Because it's There (Bennett & Hastings Publishing, Seattle, WA) was an Indie Excellence Finalist, and her novel Margaret's Mentor was published in 2019 by Maine Author's Publishing (Thomaston, ME). Margaret's Mentor is the first book of the Birsay Trilogy, which also includes Symbol Stones and The Secret of Finlay Village, all of which are partly set in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and are based on Jane's travels. It Continued with the Cowries is the sequel to It Began with the Marbles, published by Goose River Press (Waldoboro, ME) in 2022. Jane divides her time between Maine and Scotland.