Dragonfly Slayer

As far back as she can remember, Jana has been fascinated by storytelling. Her love of reading and writing propelled her toward studies of languages and literature resulting in B.A. degrees in English and German Languages and Literature, an M.A. in Literary Criticism, and B.Ed. in English and Dramatic Arts.Among her publications are academic articles published by Cambridge Scholars, UK, and the Journal for Distinguished Language Study, USA, the novel Poisonous Whispers, published by Roane Publishing, N.Y., poetry, short fiction, articles, art reviews, and blog posts featured in literary journals, such as Ariel Chart, Chantwood, the Pangolin Review, Abstract, Canada Fashion Magazine and Authors Publish (Facebook page). Her short story, Purveyors of Magic appeared in the December 2020 issue of The Black Shamrock, and her short story 2148 was published in September 2020 in the anthology Thin Places, by Broken Keys Publishing (winner of the Best Year Award in the Ottawa Faces Magazine). Her short story "The Gift in the Box Full of Darkness" was featured in the anthology Sunset Rain and her poetry in the collection As Darkness Falls, both published by 300 South Media Group. She also contributed an inspirational poem to the Thoughts and Prayers anthology published in 2020. She acts as a senior editor for Ariel Chart literary journal and contributing editor/writer for Canada Fashion Magazine. She has been nominated for the 2019 Best of the Net and the PushCart awards for a piece of non-fiction and a short story published in Ariel Chart. In addition, she was the first runner-up with an honourable mention in the Oyster Art Flash Fiction Contest of March 2021. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario and works for the Government of Canada as an education specialist in the field of military language training. She can also be contacted via her Author Page at www.facebook.com/J.Damselfly