Janice Woods Windle

Who is Janice Woods Windle?

Janice Woods Windle is an author of historical novels. She grew up in Seguin, Texas and currently lives in El Paso, Texas with her husband and family.

Windle's novels, True Women, Hill Country, and Will's War are based on extensive research into her ancestors. On the first page of True Women the author says, "The vivid stories of the women in my family had been passed down mother to daughter, grandmother to granddaughter, aunt to niece and even father to daughter, for six generations..."

In the introduction to her True Women Cookbook, on pages IX through XI, the author tells how an idea for a collection of family recipes as a wedding present for her son grew into the novel that came out before the cookbook did.

True Women is written in three parts, a sweeping saga of women caught up in the passions and actions their times, from the Texas Revolution and the Civil War until the end of World War II. The book has been published in eight different languages. On the book jacket, James A. Michener said Windle "performed a family miracle ... She recalls vivid scenes from her family's past, but also weaves them into a well-constructed novel."