Jane O'Brien discovered her love of writing at the age of ten when she wrote her first ten-chapter book in pencil on notebook paper. She passed it around to all of her friends at school and told them she wanted to be an author. And that planted the seed. O'Brien's career life has been varied. She was a piano teacher for over 50 years, a librarian, and a professional proofreader. She is also interested in genealogy, having worked on her own family tree, as well as her husband's, for over 40 years, which helps to color most of her novels. Today, as a grandmother, Jane is finally fulfilling her lifelong dream, after successfully having her twenty-eighth book published, which includes two trilogies, one six-book series, two Christmas novellas, and two time travel series. She lives in West Michigan and writes clean romance with a little history, mystery and family entanglements, all set in her part of the state. The stories she weaves are about family and the intricate connections of relatives, past and present.