Jan Mader

Author Jan Mader was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and lives in Columbus, Ohio. She spent several years working for a literacy program for children with reading difficulties. Dissatisfied with the books these children were given, she started writing fun stories for them, with which they could better identify. Soon her first book was published, and educational publishers such as McGraw-Hill and Scholastic began hiring her for projects. Jan is the owner of the "real" Tango, who has quite a...See more

Author Jan Mader was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and lives in Columbus, Ohio. She spent several years working for a literacy program for children with reading difficulties. Dissatisfied with the books these children were given, she started writing fun stories for them, with which they could better identify. Soon her first book was published, and educational publishers such as McGraw-Hill and Scholastic began hiring her for projects. Jan is the owner of the "real" Tango, who has quite a story! Because Tango was not born with the traditional brown coat of a driving horse, he was going to be auctioned. Jan rescued him just in time, and he has gone on to win horse show after horse show, capturing the hearts of every child he meets! See less