Dr. Jan Hahn was born in 1951 in Massachusetts and raised in Vineland, N.J. After graduating from Swarthmore College, he entered Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Upon completing a family practice residency program in Galveston, Texas, he joined the Indian Health Service and worked for 4 years at Cherokee IHS Hospital in Cherokee, N.C. In 1984, he moved to Lenoir City, TN. where he practiced family medicine until 2012.
In 2009, he returned to college to study English, and in 2011, he enrolled in Lincoln Memorial University's post-bac teacher licensure program and was certified to teach English 7-12. He taught Health Sciences at Farragut HS in Knoxville for 3 years. He then returned to medicine and is now practicing in Madisonville, TN.
In 1991, he started a domestic violence program, Crisis Center for Women-IVAS, and was its chairman of the board until 2017. This is his fifth book. The first one, Voices, is a collection of poems describing many of the patients he has cared for during his long career in medicine. His second book, A Gallimaufry, is a potpourri of poems. He has written three books about Albert- Albert and the Milk Pail and Albert Takes on the World, and Albert Becomes a Fisherman.
Dr. Hahn lives with his wife, Dr. Heather O'Brien, a veterinarian, and their 4 horses, 6 dogs, 25 chickens, and 6 goats. His 3 daughters, Micah, Avital, and Mara are pursuing their careers in Alaska, Kentucky, and Louisiana.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Samantha Berner is a 23-year-old digital artist from Patchogue, New York, who specializes in character design. She dreams of putting her skills and passion to the test by becoming an independent video game designer. She attended East Tennessee State University for two years but is primarily self-taught. She has been drawing with pencil and paper since she was little but has over five years of experience with digital art.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Katherine Lopez was born in New York City but returned to Puerto Rico during her early childhood. She graduated from the Univ of Puerto Rico and then moved to Tennessee. After working for a few years as a veterinary technician, she enrolled in the Univ of TN School of Veterinary Medicine. She lives in Lenoir City.