Jan Pippins

Jan Pippins, a retired social worker and former law enforcement administrator, was swept off her pre-teen feet when Henry Darrow first galloped across the video range as Manolito Montoya in "The High Chaparral" (1967-1971). She says, "If someone had asked me to name the people I thought I might someday meet, Henry wouldn't have been in the top million." But on a trip to Los Angeles in 2007 she and the renowned actor not only met but talked for hours. "I wrote a few short articles about Henry for an online newsletter and he really loved them, but I was stunned when he asked me write his biography. He's an amazing man and phenomenal actor. It's an honor to be chosen to put his life story into print."

Jan lives on a small horse farm in Louisiana with many cats, two dogs and her extremely patient and almost saintly husband Mike who owes her big-time for saying this. Jan and Mike have a beautiful married daughter who should call home more often and two gorgeous granddaughters who are still too young dial the phone or use Skype.