Jan L. Coates

Jan L. Coates lives and creates in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. She has written many books for young readers; her first novel, The Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards. Some of Jan’s other books have been short-listed for the Ann Connor Brimer Award, the Hackmatack and Willow Young Readers’ Choice Awards, and the IODE Violet Downey Award. Other than reading and writing, she loves getting out on her bike, hiking, travelling, visiting schools, and spending time with her adult children who have become Ontarians.