I'm George Jansen: overweight, over sixty, six feet tall, and mostly bald. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Nikki left-George right	When George had hair

I've never done anything spectacular —no grand adventures or exploits— although I did have a lot of fun in the hippy era. I never married. I have no children —one of the regrets of my life. I was very ill with Crohn's Disease for several years when I was in my twenties, but I've been pretty good ever since.

I've been thoroughly committed to writing since the early seventies when I was in the masters in creative writing program at San Francisco State University. I've worked as an editor on a number of technical books, and I've had several short stories published. I've also written two novels that I'm very proud of: The Jesse James Scrapbook, published by Hilliard & Harris, and The Fade-away, published by Pocol Press.

Each of them took me about five years to write. I consider them to be literary novels. They're about America, and they're about heroes. But more importantly, they're about all of us —the common folk, the backbone of the world.

Many thanks to my friend Bryan Costales for doing this website and for many years of good times and support. Please see www.bcx.org.