Jan Peterson

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Janet Anderson Craig Peterson (born on May 3, 1937,^[1] in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish-Canadian non-fiction writer, historian, artist, and journalist. She's best known for her books about Vancouver Island, including those about the cities of Nanaimo and Port Alberni. Peterson has been featured in the Times Colonist ^[2] and Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News.^[3]