Jean Petersen

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About Jean Petersen

Jean's excited to announce her recent release of her children's picture book, Kind Soup, coming with Little Lamb Books. He cookbook, The Big Sky Bounty Cookbook-Local Ingredients and Rustic Recipes, released in July 2019, was nominated for several book awards with Arcadia Publishing and The History Press as a part of their American Palate series with Chef Barrie Boulds. Her first nonfiction children's picture book, Moose Shoes, was released in 2007.

Jean is Colorado State University-Journalism alumni, and has been a freelance writer and weekly columnist for 15 years with Western Ag Reporter covering a host of topics. Her weekly children's column is called Life on the Ranch with Banjo. You can also find her feature articles published in Distinctly Montana magazine, Raised in the West Magazine and Yellowstone Valley Women.

Jean lives near the Beartooth Mountains in scenic southern Montana on her small farm with her husband, four children, and many critter who comes knocking at the door. They all give her lots of fuel for all her writing.