Chasing Death:
Losing a Child to Suicide

ISBN: 978-1-905399-44-4
Publisher: Perfect Publishers Ltd
Pages: 480
£13.99


£1 from every book sold is being donated to Kidscape, the UK charity committed to keeping children safe from bullying and abuse.
About the Author














"I view every misfortune as an opportunity to improve my life and that of others."



Jan Andersen has been a professional freelance writer, copywriter and editor since 1999, before which she had pursued a marketing and PR career spanning 25 years, between giving birth to four children; Kristian, Anneliese, Carsten and Lauren.

She writes compelling and diverse commercial copy for a broad spectrum of industries and contributes informative, inspirational and often humorous articles, features and columns on a wide range of topics to online and print media and books around the world.  She is also the author of two fertility e-books; Enhancing Fertility After Age 40 and Improve Your Fertility Naturally.  Jan's specialities include:

- Book editing (fiction and non-fiction)
- Script editing (Screenplays, films)
- Commercial Copywriting - all business sectors
- Website Content
- Articles, Features & Columns
- Business, Personal & Complaint Letters
- Dissertations
- Marketing
- Lesson Plans
- Charities

Jan also owns and manages several websites single-handedly, all of which she also designed, including the world’s premier resource for older mothers, Mothers Over 40 (http://www.mothersover40.com), Child Suicide (http://www.childsuicide.org), a supportive resource for families who have lost a child to suicide and Jan Andersen Writing Services (http://www.creativecopywriter.org), which is Jan’s personal business site.

Jan has participated in numerous national and international radio and TV programmes as a result of her websites and written work.

She lives in with her partner and their youngest daughter Lauren Erica. She also has three grandchildren; Kayla (dob: November 2001), Bailey Kristian (dob: October 2004) and Ashton Rhys (dob: July 2001).

Words that sum up Jan: Spiritual, kind, creative, intuitive, compassionate, funny, childlike, loving, positive.


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Jan & Lauren, December 2010
Kristian with little sister Lauren,
Christmas 2000
Jan's daughter Lauren with her two nephews Ashton (left) and Bailey
Jan's children and grandchildren (from left to right):  Lauren, Ashton, Carsten, Anneliese and Bailey
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