Jane was born in California, raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, has returned "home" to live in the beautiful Upper Peninsula on the shore of Lake Superior—with the Viking from her past. Jane has five children, two stepchildren, seven grandchildren, a calico cat named Kinko and two computers. She's the author of over seventy published books, both in paper and electronic. These include the various romance genres—gothic, suspense, contemporary, historical, Regency and paranormal—as well as other genres such as mystery, fantasy and horror. Jane has used pseudonyms—Ellen Jamison, Diana Stuart, Olivia Sumner—but is now writing under her own name except for her Zebra/Pinnacle romances for which she uses Jane Anderson.