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In 1988, Jan Karon left an award-winning
advertising career to go home again -- or at least somewhere
very like home. A native of the tiny mountain town of
Lenoir, North Carolina, Karon had spent most of her
adult life working as an advertising executive in Raleigh,
New York City, and San Francisco. However, after more
than 30 successful years in the business, she felt unhappy
and unfulfilled. She quit her job, sold her home in
Raleigh, and bought a house in the mountain resort village
of Blowing Rock. It was here that Jan Karon started
to write novels.
Karon began writing a story set
in the village of Mitford, which she modeled after Bowling
Rock. Published in 1994, At Home in Mitford, Karon's
first book in the Mitford series, was nominated for
an Abby by the American Booksellers Association in 1996,
1997, and again in 1998. Karon's fans have increased
with the publication of each subsequent book in the
series, and A New Song is the sixth book in the bestselling
Mitford series.
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