Jane Marla Ver Dow is a Farmer by roots, Teacher by degree, Physical Therapist by credentials, and Author by passion.

Dear Daisy is the author's first novel inspired by and dedicated

to her "adopted Grandmother". Recent years she has devoted her time to writing nonfiction and publishing her works through

Rising Sparrow Press, established 2003 by the author in the

spirit and tradition of Early American Literature.

Anyone knowing the author would tell you her hobbies include storytelling, traveling and recording footsteps, and that she is most at home under a cherry or apple tree. Jane calls the Lake Ontario shoreline of Upstate New York home.