Jane Hampton Cook photo by Jennifer Davis Heffner, www.Vitaimages.com "My passion is to bring history to life in a way that is real and relevant to modern readers and viewers."

Jane Hampton Cook is known for making history memorable and relevant to today’s news, current events, issues of faith, and modern-day life. A public speaker and frequent media guest, Jane is the author of six books on American history and other topics. She served former President George W. Bush as a webmaster for five years, including two years in the White House and three in the Texas governor’s office. She lives with her husband and two young sons in Vienna, Virginia.

Benjamin Franklin once quipped “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do the things worth writing.” Many such as Franklin and George Washington have done    things worth the writing. Jane hopes each new book is increasingly worth the reading, each speech worth the hearing, and each TV segment worth remembering. 

White House Experience
Jane served as White House deputy director of Internet news services from 2001-02, where she designed and developed content for Whitehouse.gov, the official White House website. Her love of history skyrocketed when she discovered that posting historical stories about presidents and the White House on whitehouse.gov were among the site’s most popular pages. The experience cemented her decision to pursue historical topics as an author. In 2003 she received a fellowship from the Organization of American Historians and the White House Historical Association to conduct historical research on presidents, first ladies, and the White House.  

Media Experience
Jane Hampton Cook has put as a new face on the traditional image of an American historian. Her media style is upbeat, concise, sincere, and inspiring without the monotone dryness often associated with history. She has been a guest on numerous national TV and radio programs, including Glenn Beck, Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Live Desk , America ’s Newsroom, and Weekend Live on the Fox News Channel as well as SKY News, CBN’s Newswatch, C-SPAN, the K-LOVE network, Moody Broadcasting and many more. Her columns have been featured on Foxnews.com, AOL.com, Washington Times, Human Events and TownHall.com among others, www.janecook.com/news.htm.

Jane’s Books for Adults

Stories of Faith and Courage from the Revolutionary War* (2007, God & Country Press) is a 365-day digest of America ’s quest for independence and those who first lived loudly for liberty. One reviewer praised: “Mrs. Cook does not know she is a magician….Amazingly I was caught up in the sights, sounds, conversation and convictions of the colonists… I thought I was there.” The book is part of a series: www.Battlefieldsandblessings.com

Award-winning Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan, which Jane co-authored with Jocelyn Green and John Croushorn, is a 365-day collection of inspiring devotional stories from those who have lived loudly for liberty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Winner of the 2010 Gold Medal from the Military Writers Society of America and the Branson Stars and Flag Book Award, this book is part of a series: www.Battlefieldsandblessings.com

The Faith of America’s First Ladies* brings to life stories of the nation’s first ladies while discovering beautiful principles for womanhood found in an ancient Hebrew proverb about a first lady known as Proverbs 31.

*Stories of Faith and Courage from the Revolutionary War hit #187 and The Faith of America’s First Ladies hit #132 on Amazon.com on July 2, 2010, eight hours after she appeared on Glenn Beck on the FOX News Channel.

Jane’s Book for Children
From paintings to smart phones, What Does the President Look Like? (Feb. 2011, Kane Miller) shows children and adults how we arrived in today's digital wonderland and the new social media and technologies that changed presidents—and America —along the way.

B is for Baylor (2010, Big Bear Books) is a beautifully illustrated celebration of the oldest, continually operating university in the state of Texas . Readers follow a curious bear cub on his adventure through the Baylor University campus, exploring from A to Z the traditions, history, and landmarks cherished by all Baylor Bears.

Maggie Houston (2002, Hendrick Long) is a Civil-War era novel heralding the political courage of Sam Houston and his twelve-year-old daughter, Maggie.

Speaking Experience
Jane focuses on topics that transcend generations, including courage, freedom, founding principles, patriotism, leadership, communication, and womanhood. Jane has spoken for groups at the White House, Pentagon, U.S. Department of Labor, Heritage Foundation, the Constitutional Coalition, Texas Book Festival, Baylor University, Texas A&M University, Howard Payne University, and many professional organizations, churches, and non-profit groups.

Education & Family
A native of Fort Worth , Texas , Jane earned a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 1992 and a master’s degree from Texas A&M University in 1995. She and her husband, Dr. John Kim Cook, a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, are the parents of two preschool-age boys. The Cooks live in the Washington DC area.