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Janna Nickerson (born March 14th, 1988) is an American writer. She is best known as the author of the Fifth Battle Trilogy, which consist of the books Eyes of War, Faces of Sorrow, and Tears of Destiny. She currently lives in Missoula, Montana as a college student working on the last book in the trilogy. Janna is a self-published author.

Biography
Janna was always fascinated by world cultures, and read fantasy novels. Her interest in world cultures inspired her to write Eyes of War. At the age of 13, Janna began writing the first draft of Eyes of War, and finished the draft by age 15. After finishing the draft, she then spent two whole years editing the draft.

As a freshman in high school, Janna traveled to Australia with her mother and grandmother. As a junior, Janna was selected for the China Initiative and spent three weeks in Chengdu and Beijing, China where she lived with a Chinese family. In addition to overseas travel and travel throughout much of the United States, Janna spent a few weeks each summer at her grandparents’ cabin in Minnesota. These travel experiences and living in four different states have provided Janna with numerous opportunities to meet diverse people with different cultures and backgrounds. All these experiences have provided bits and pieces of ideas for writing. She is currently attending the University of Montana and majoring in Archaeology. She is a 2006 graduate of Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana

By June 2007, Janna had presented to nearly 5,000 5th-12th grade students about her book. She was the featured author luncheon speaker at the 2006 Montana Library Association, an invited speaker to the Leavenworth, WA writing camp for young girls and an invited speaker at the 2006 Montana Festival of the Book.

In 2008, she went to schools across the West, including schools in CA, OR, WA, MT, CO, WY, NM, AZ, and UT. She spoke at almost 50 schools, reaching more than seven thousand students from 5th to 8th grade. Today, she has sold more than 4,000 copies of her book.

Influences
On Janna's official Myspace, her heroes are described as anybody who follows their dreams, but her favorite books are listed as The Wheel of Time series, Harry Potter series, The Historian, Some Robin Hobb books, Songs of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin and Diana Gabaldon, and the Outlander series.

Fifth Battle Trilogy
Eyes of War (2006)

Faces of Sorrow (2007)

Tears of Destiny (2009)