Joan K. Weaver

Joan Weaver lives in an 117-year-old farmhouse on thirty acres amongst the sandhills of Edwards County, Kansas. She retired in 2025 after being the director of the Kinsley Public Library for twenty-eight years. She enjoys researching and writing about local history. She also writes poetry inspired by the prairie folk, flora, and fauna around her. Originally from Michigan, she spent many years as a textile artist and teacher of English, speech and dramatic arts in Michigan, New Mexico and Kansas before becoming the library director.