Jean Nelson-Erichsen

Jean Erichsen was born in Minnesota during the Great Depression. As a child, she watched WWII through newsreels while her husband, Heino Erichsen, fought on the German side in North Africa, surrendered, and was sent to the USA as a POW. After their marriage, they traveled the world to help children find loving, stable families. Her most sought-after book is The Reluctant Warrior: Former German POW Finds Peace In Texas. Jean wrote the first books on international adoption and two other memoirs, Butterflies in the Wind: The Truth About Latin American Adoptions and My Portable Life: Reluctant Runaway Finds Families For Thousands of Children. Her children's book is Copito, the Christmas Chihuahua. Jean received the National Council for Adoption Hall of Fame Award and an International Rights of the Child Award.