Biography of janice holt giles the kentuckians

          Janice Holt Giles (March 28, – June 1, ) was an American writer who lived near Knifley in Adair County, Kentucky..

          Janice Holt Giles

          American novelist

          Janice Holt Giles (March 28, 1905 – June 1, 1979) was an American writer who lived near Knifley in Adair County, Kentucky.

          Personal life

          She was born Janice Meredith Holt on March 28, 1905, in Altus, Arkansas to John Albert Holt and Lucy Elizabeth (née McGraw); both her parents were teachers.

          Janice Holt Giles (), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years.

        1. Janice Holt Giles (), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years.
        2. Janice Holt Giles was a popular and prolific autobiographer and author of historical fiction, much of which addresses themes relating to the rural Appalachian.
        3. Janice Holt Giles (March 28, – June 1, ) was an American writer who lived near Knifley in Adair County, Kentucky.
        4. In , at the age of 41, Janice Holt Giles wrote her first novel.
        5. Janice Holt Giles was an American writer best known for her series of pseudo historical novels focusing on life on the American frontier, particularly within.

          6. She had two younger siblings, Mary Catherine Holt Sullivan (July 9, 1907 - January 8, 1995) and John Albert Holt Jr. (January 11, 1910 - February 23, 1974). Janice Holt worked for a number of years with a number of church-affiliated clerical jobs, first in Oklahoma and then in Kentucky, having moved to Frankfort in 1939 subsequent to her divorce that year from her first husband Otto Moore, whom she had wed in 1927.

          In 1941 Janice Holt obtained a position as secretary at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

          In 1945 Janice Holt married Henry Giles, who was eleven years her junior. After first becoming acquainted