My Beloved Author Q&A With Jan Karon

By Kaylisa Montijo | October 13, 2025 | Comments Off on My Beloved Author Q&A With Jan Karon

Jan Karon is the author of the bestselling series of fifteen Mitford novels featuring Father Timothy Kavanagh, an Episcopal priest, and the fictional village of Mitford, which is set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. FF: What inspired the story in My Beloved? What brought you back to Mitford? I was inspired by a short story…

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Jan Karon returns to Mitford with ‘My Beloved’, released October 7, 2025

By Kaylisa Montijo | July 11, 2025 | Comments Off on Jan Karon returns to Mitford with ‘My Beloved’, released October 7, 2025

Did you know that in 1988, Jan Karon left a successful career in advertising, moved to tiny Blowing Rock, NC, and started writing stories for the local Blowing Rocket about a man named Father Tim? Those stories eventually became At Home in Mitford, Jan’s first Mitford novel, and the rest is history. Tens of millions…

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