Jan Ball's poems appear in journals such as: ABZ, Atlanta Review, Calyx, Connecticut Review, Main Street Rag, Nimrod, and Verse Wisconsin, in Great Britain, Canada, India, Ireland and the U.S. Jan’s chapbooks accompanying spouse (2011) and Chapter of Faults (2014) and her first full-length poetry book, I Wanted to Dance with My Father (2017), were published by Finishing Line Press. When not working out, gardening at their farm or traveling, Jan and her husband like to cook for friends.