Jean Ann Williams | Author

My family and I struggled with the first year of celebrations, special days, and birthdays. Our granddaughters, daughter and my husband and I thought carefully of how to move through that year without our son, brother, and uncle. The loss of Joshua hit us hard, to say the least, but we were determined to work […]

Can you guess which girl is Claire? “Sincerely Claire”, published in 2020, is a continuation of the Claire series. This book is an actual setting when our family came back to the stagecoach house my dad had bought. We lived on 99 acres with a mountain. Claire in this story starts junior high, where this […]

An incident happened to me when I was ten and haunted me into adulthood. Our family’s life was forever altered as well as my own soul. At the age of 35, I sensed a tug to write about what happened for my own sake and for young people whose lives were changed in a defining […]

Preacher Robert Sheffey was a rather short man. He loved God’s creatures big and small. He loved the Appalachian wilderness folks as well. He knelt on a sheepskin when folks needed prayer. Robert rode his beloved horse Gideon on trails, paths, and wagon-rutted roads to share the loving-kindness of the Lord. Some people thought Robert […]

This song made me think of curcuit preacher Robert Sayers Sheffey’s time of Church revivals. So here’s the song and the front cover of the middle grade book that is slotted to publish this fall.

“27 Character Traits of the New Testament: Stories & Activities for Children” is available at Amazon or for a signed copy from me. This book is a companion to “27 Characters of the Old Testament: Stories & Activities for Children”. They both have the same layout. The crossword puzzles make the reading more fun for […]

This last Bazaar of the season was amazing! I prayed that above all God would open up conversations about suicide loss and why I wrote my two memoirs. Not only did I have conversations about this difficult topic, I sold one of each of my memoirs. In all, I sold ten books mostly the Bible […]

The book signing went well. I was able to hug a mother who had lost a son and listened to her story. I gave her my memoir, “God’s Mercies after Suicide: Blessings Woven through a Mother’s Heart”. I sold four books, three of which were “Road Trip of Delusion”. I really talk up this book […]

I’ve done much work to get ready for my first book signing of the season on November 16, 2024, this coming Saturday. I will be featuring all eight of my books. I finished uploading my books but one to IngramSpark and ordered author copies. What a whirlwind! I also have new book covers for three […]

Introducing my next book which is the second one of the Bible stories for children series. We hope to publish this book by November 1st. I’ll post on the progress as the time draws closer to release date. A big thank you to my illustrator Carley Herlihy who once again brought color and beauty for […]