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Jane Bow

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Cally's Way, my third novel, set in Crete, is now on sale in both North America and Europe!
I've been a novelist most of my life and growing up in Canada, the U.S., Spain, England and the Czech Republic during the Cold War years has given me lots to write about.
Love, and its power in times of historical conflict, is a theme in all my books, whether it's during the Nazis' brutal World War II occupation of Crete, or the post war gold rush in northern Ontario, Canada, or the ongoing, 295-year old, multi-million dollar hunt for treasure on Oak Island, off Canada's east coast.
Dead And Living, my first novel, was shortlisted for a Canadian Arthur Ellis Award, and selected for a university course. The Oak Island Affair, just released as an ebook
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Good Morning Canada, who are you?

When three invitations to present my new novel, Cally's Way , arrived from Edmonton, my husband and I packed the trunk of our second-hand Volvo with books and hit the road.

Poster at Royal Glenora Club, EdmontonCanada today is very different from the country I knew growing up as the daughter of diplomats. Then, we were respected across the world as a thriving democracy and an international p Read more of this blog post »
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Cally's Way

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The Oak Island Affair

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Homeless

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Dead and Living: A Novel

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