For one weekend only, hundreds of devoted readers gathered in Hudson, North Carolina, to celebrate Mitford, a fictional place with a real sense of community. Jan Karon, the 88-year-old author behind ...

This bestselling New York Times bestselling author is known worldwide for her Mitford series of 14 books--Mitford is the name of the fictional North Carolina town in her novels. Now in her 80s, Jan ...

The author of the Mitford Years series married at 14, protested segregation, and wrote her first book at 57. Roughly 80 years ago, Christian novelist Jan Karon, creator of the beloved 15-volume ...

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) -- Fans of Jan Karon's Mitford novels know all about Esther Bolick's famous orange marmalade cake, Percy's grits, young Dooley Barlowe's love of fried-baloney sandwiches, Russell ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For one weekend only, hundreds of devoted readers gathered in Hudson, North Carolina, to celebrate Mitford, a fictional place with ...