In August (date not yet determined) Jan and his books will be featured on "The Book Club" by host John Austin.  The program will air on Radio Station WTAN, Tampa, FL., and KLRG, Little Rock, Arkansas, and also be streamed on the internet.  One of the books Jan will discuss will be "The Last Mayan Warrior." 

  JAN E. CULBERTSON

     Jan E. Culbertson was born in Portland, Oregon in 1938.  In 1955, at age seventeen, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He spent twenty-five years in the Navy working in Naval Intelligence, where he honed his writing skills writing intelligence reports. During his Naval career Jan served on several cruisers, and many aircraft carriers, ususally on Admiral's staffs. During the Vietnam War Jan saw duty in the war zone several times and received various citations and awards.  He graduated from the University of North Florida in 1979, with a BA in History, and from the University of San Diego, School of Law, in 1984, with a JD degree. After practicing law for a few years, Jan quit the law business and entered into business in Mexico. Although he still has business interests in Mexico, he now devotes his full time to writing. 
     To date he has seven books published: two adult novels, three pre-teen chapter books, and two picture books for small children.  One of his books, "The Legend of the Lost Tiki," won the Military Writer's Society of America's  award as the best children's book of 2006, and another "Oliver, The Frog That Couldn't Croak," won the Silver Quill Award in 2009 from the American Author's Association. 
     His hobby is collecting daggers and swords.  He has also written two much needed reference books, one on Chinese Military Daggers and the other on Chinese Military Swords.  Jan is married to the former Teresa de Jesus Villela of Mazatlan, Mexico, and has six children and seven grandchildren.