Jean DeFreese Moore began her fictional writing journey with a home school project involving her then thirteen-year-old granddaughter. What was meant to be a brief undertaking, God turned into a multi-year adventure. Jean received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Louisiana Tech University. She spent her career in the media relations office of the athletic department at Louisiana Tech University, where she was able to use her talent in desktop publishing and graphic design. Her writing began in high school where she was awarded membership into Quill and Scroll, a National Honor Society for high school journalists. She continued her writing as a contributor to her hometown newspaper. Jean researched and completed a collection of stories on the DeFreese family history, dating as far back as pre-revolution in American history and into Europe pre-reformation. She has completed six books in “A Father’s Love”, a historical Christian fiction series focused on the Britt family beginning pre-American Civil War and moving into the twentieth century. Those books are:

A Father’s Love: Faith and Family: Travis Britt lives isolated in the Allegheny Mountains in the mid-1800s. But one decision causes his entry into the Civil War. He returns home to find most of his family dead and his home destroyed. He leaves the mountain hoping to find help for his injured daughter. He has no one to guide him, except God.

A Father’s Love: Justice and Forgiveness: Travis’s youngest son, Reid faces many challenges as he is called by God to serve justice within organized crime that stretches across the Midwest. His new wife struggles to find her identity as an Indian in the predominantly white community of Reid’s hometown, as she waits for his return.

A Father’s Love: Joyous Hope: Reid steps forward to fill a rotation in the empty church pulpit. He is an honorable man and tries to maintain his integrity while church members question his character. He inadvertently walks into the middle of a bank robbers and is taken hostage. He is left injured and abandoned in the middle of nowhere. Now begins the search.

A Father’s Love: Sacrifice and Service: Travis served in a medical unit during the Civil War, now four of his grandsons follow in his footsteps and volunteer for a medical unit during the Great War. While they serve in France, the Britt family faced a local and national conspiracy, lost love, job loss, and a deadly pandemic. The Britt family waits to find out what sacrifices they must make.

A Father’s Love: Redemption: As an agent for the Board of Orphans, Reid is responsible for the welfare of children adopted from the orphan train. But a disgruntled guardian seeks ‘an eye for an eye,’ and sells Reid’s daughter into prostitution. Now Reid must rely on an old enemy to help. Reid decides, however, to step into the role of ‘buyer’ and puts more than just himself in danger.

A Father's Love: Love and Honor: Embraced by the hardships of the early Great Depression, James Britt’s journey takes a dramatic turn as his employer implores him to follow his fellow veterans to Washington, D.C., during their quest to secure the long-promised serviceman’s bonus. His steadfast leadership and compassionate guidance offer a glimmer of hope amidst economic despair and growing political tension. As the U.S. Army clashes with the veterans, leading to chaos, separation from his family, and deep emotional trauma, the novel evolves into a powerful exploration of both physical and psychological healing.

Through these trials, Britt’s story becomes a testament to a transformative strength influenced by faith, family, and an unyielding sense of duty.

Jean is also an accomplished artist. She was one of many contributing artists to paint the entry hall mural at the Lincoln Parish Historical Museum, housed in the Kidd-Davis home built in 1886. She also served as set designer for a dance academy and taught art at a private Christian school. Her exhibition, The Life of Jesus in Acrylic Pour, was shown in four separate venues in her hometown of Ruston, Louisiana. These paintings were part of the exhibit Risen: An Easter Celebration which opened the week of the COVID-19 lockdown. The exhibit was quickly changed to an online exhibit and was viewed over 31k on social media and 1.2k in video form. The Jesus paintings were also a part of the exhibit, Artfinds. She was a part of 'Stations of the Cross' at a local church, with her rendition of 'Jesus is Crucified.'

Jean is ‘retired,’ but she’s really not. She is involved daily with her grandchildren. Along with her paintings and writing, she is involved in her church’s children’s ministry, a community Bible study, a local ‘Painting with Prayer’ ministry, and with the local Community Men’s Shed (yes, she actually built a set of bunk beds). Jean believes that “God created mankind in his image. God’s nature is to create, to make things; and if we have created in his image, then we were created to make things, to create, to build, to invent, to bake, to imagine and create it. Because we are made in God’s image, we will create."