Jan Fortune-Wood writes poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She is co-founder and editor of Cinnamon Press and lives in North Wales. Jan originally studied Theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge and completed a PhD in Feminist Theology. She also has an MA in Creative Writing. She has worked as a teacher, priest, charity director and creative writing tutor. She is the author of several non-fiction books, chapters and articles on alternative education and parenting.
Her first novel, A Good Life, and first poetry collection, Particles of Life were published by Bluechrome in September 2005. Her second novel, Dear Ceridwen was published by Cinnamon Press in May 2007 and her first novel for teenagers is due out in November 2007. Jan is currently working on a novel in prose poetry form, Stale Bread and Miracles, to be published by Headland in 2008 and a new poetry collection Knot-work.
This is probably a better book for the philosophy "Taking Children Seriously" than it is for Unschooling. It's thick, though it's a very small book. She gives many examples that can be applied to anyone's life, but she's a bit cerebral, and she's British, so some of it is a bit difficult to follow. It's definitely for anyone who wants to fully immerse herself in radical unschooling.