THE RELUCTANT CRIMINAL

Jan Jongstra

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Crime Fiction Children's

BIOGRAPHY
Jan Jongstra is a scientist and storyteller. He was born in the Netherlands and studied at the University of Basel, Switzerland, where he obtained a Ph.D. in microbiology. To sharpen his scientific skills, he trained at Stanford University, California. He retired from the University of Toronto's Immunology Department as an Associate Professor.

In his scientific career, Jan wrote many scientific papers. His fiction-writing career started when his 4-year-old-grandson Benji asked him to tell a story. To preserve the most liked stories, Jan made written records of them and published a collection of five Benji stories, HOW BENJI GOT HIS NAME. Benji was inspired by hearing these stories and two of his creative efforts are included in the book. The stories are aimed at 3-6-year-old-children and were published in October 2020. Jan now concentrates on writing novels. When not writing Jan enjoys going to the gym, playing golf and studying Spanish.

Jan is married, has two sons, a grandson and a granddaughter and lives in Toronto, Canada