Jane Hampton Cook

For more than 25 years, Jane Hampton Cook’s passion has been igniting patriotism and making American history relevant to modern life, faith, family, news, current events, and politics. She is an award-winning screenwriter and author of 20 books, including an illustrated America 250 keepsake, A Great and Grateful Nation: From Grievance to Gratitude. For America’s 250^th anniversary, Jane has recorded videos about the American Revolution on TikTok @janehamptoncook and on YouTube @America250Jane. A winner of the 2026 Spirit of 1812 award, she has written award-winning screenplay adaptations for two of her books. WHITE HOUSE PHOENIX placed third in ScreenCraft’s 2018 drama screenwriting competition and AMERICAN contest in 2020.

A national media commentator and former White House webmaster, Jane has been a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel, C-SPAN, BBC, WMAL, and many independent outlets. Jane is an on-camera scholar in a 2025 docudrama called THE AMERICAN MIRACLE. She has been a cast member and on-camera storyteller for several documentaries, including an episode about women’s voting rights for Fox Nation’s WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT hosted by Brian Kilmeade, and THE FIRST AMERICAN hosted by Newt and Callista Gingrich.

Jane received a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a master’s degree from Texas A&M University. Jane lives with her husband and their sons in a Washington DC suburb, Centreville, Virginia. www.janecook.com.

BOOKS

A Great and Grateful Nation ~ From Grievance to Gratitude

The Submarine & the Spies: Friendship & Vigilance in the American Revolution

War of Lies: When George Washington Was the Target & Propaganda Was the Crime

Resilience on Parade: Short Stories of Suffragists & Women’s Battle for the Vote

The Burning of the White House: James & Dolley Madison & the War of 1812

American Phoenix: John Quincy & Louisa Adams (War of 1812)

America’s Star-Spangled Story

Stories of Faith & Courage from the Revolutionary War

Stories of Faith & Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan

The Faith of America’s First Ladies

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Revolutionary Readers for America’s 250^th:
My American Flag
America the Beautiful
The Pledge to the Flag
My Country ‘Tis of Thee
What’s True about the Red, White, and Blue?
Why the 4^th of July?

• First Fireworks for Independence: Virginia’s Gift to America
• What Does the President Look Like?

• B is for Baylor
  Maggie Houston