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About the Author
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Author and freelance writer Jan Cleere
graduated magna cum laude from
Arizona State University West at the
age of “50-something.” She writes
extensively about the desert southwest,
its unique characters, creatures, and
vegetation. Her work appears in
numerous regional publications
including Arizona Highways Magazine,
Persimmon Hill Magazine, Tucson
Guide Quarterly, The Desert Leaf,
Chronicle of the Old West, and Arizona
Garden.
In 2001, Jan received recognition from
Arizona Highways Magazine for her
article, "Hostess to the West," the life of
Elizabeth Hudson Smith, a black
entrepreneur in Wickenburg, Arizona,
during the early 1900s.
graduated magna cum laude from
Arizona State University West at the
age of “50-something.” She writes
extensively about the desert southwest,
its unique characters, creatures, and
vegetation. Her work appears in
numerous regional publications
including Arizona Highways Magazine,
Persimmon Hill Magazine, Tucson
Guide Quarterly, The Desert Leaf,
Chronicle of the Old West, and Arizona
Garden.
In 2001, Jan received recognition from
Arizona Highways Magazine for her
article, "Hostess to the West," the life of
Elizabeth Hudson Smith, a black
entrepreneur in Wickenburg, Arizona,
during the early 1900s.
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Also in 2001, Jan was a finalist for the Sharlot Hall Alice B. Longan award (Prescott,
Arizona), which encourages serious women writers at the beginning of their literary
careers.
Amazing Girls of Arizona: True Stories of Young Pioneers is Jan's third book
published by The Globe Pequot Press She is also the author of Outlaw Tales of
Arizona: True Stories of Arizona's Most Famous Robbers, Rustlers, and
Bandits, which was recognized nationally in 2007 as winner of the National Federation
of Press Women's Literary Competition for Historical Nonfiction. The book also placed
first in the 2007 Arizona's Press Women's Literary Competition, and was a Finalist for
the Arizona Book Publishing Glyph Award. Her first book, More Than Petticoats:
Remarkable Nevada Women, was a 2006 WILLA Literary Award Finalist, and a 2006
Arizona Press Women's Literary Competition Finalist for Historical Nonfiction. The
Nevada Women's History Project elected Jan to its Roll of Honor for "her significant
contribution in the preservation of Nevada's women history."
She serves on the Coordinating Council of the Arizona Women's Heritage Trail and
is Chair of the Trail's Public Information and Marketing Committee. She is a member of
the Western Writers of America, National Federation of Press Women, Arizona
Press Women, Women Writing the West, Arizona Authors Association, Society
of Southwestern Authors, Arizona Historical Society, Nevada Historical Society,
Nevada Women's History Project, and the Wild West History Association.
Jan and her husband live in Oro Valley, Arizona.
Arizona), which encourages serious women writers at the beginning of their literary
careers.
Amazing Girls of Arizona: True Stories of Young Pioneers is Jan's third book
published by The Globe Pequot Press She is also the author of Outlaw Tales of
Arizona: True Stories of Arizona's Most Famous Robbers, Rustlers, and
Bandits, which was recognized nationally in 2007 as winner of the National Federation
of Press Women's Literary Competition for Historical Nonfiction. The book also placed
first in the 2007 Arizona's Press Women's Literary Competition, and was a Finalist for
the Arizona Book Publishing Glyph Award. Her first book, More Than Petticoats:
Remarkable Nevada Women, was a 2006 WILLA Literary Award Finalist, and a 2006
Arizona Press Women's Literary Competition Finalist for Historical Nonfiction. The
Nevada Women's History Project elected Jan to its Roll of Honor for "her significant
contribution in the preservation of Nevada's women history."
She serves on the Coordinating Council of the Arizona Women's Heritage Trail and
is Chair of the Trail's Public Information and Marketing Committee. She is a member of
the Western Writers of America, National Federation of Press Women, Arizona
Press Women, Women Writing the West, Arizona Authors Association, Society
of Southwestern Authors, Arizona Historical Society, Nevada Historical Society,
Nevada Women's History Project, and the Wild West History Association.
Jan and her husband live in Oro Valley, Arizona.