Jane Hampton Cook
author : Jane Hampton CookJane Hampton Cook makes history relevant to news, current events, politics, and modern life. She is the award-winning author of nine books, including American Phoenix (2013) about John Quincy and Louisa Adams. Adapted from her book, The Burning of the White House (2016), her feature screenplay SAVING WASHINGTON placed third out of 1,000 entries in ScreenCraft’s Drama Contest in December 2018. A national news media commentator, a contributor to The Hill, and former White House webmaster, Jane is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel, CNN, BBC, SKY News and other television and radio outlets. She has been a cast member and on-camera storyteller for THE FIRST AMERICAN, a film about George Washington and for the History Channel’s sister network, H2, on the show, UNITED STUFF OF AMERICA. She received a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a master’s degree from Texas A\u0026amp;M University. Launching her passion for biography and history through a research fellowship from the Organization of American Historians and White House Historical Association in 2003, Jane currently lives with her husband, Dr. John Kim Cook, and their children in the Washington D.C. area in Centreville, Virginia. www.janecook.com. View more >>Jane Hampton Cook Book Series