Jana Bommersbach


Jana Bommersbach is one of Arizona's most acclaimed journalist.  The Arizona Press Club has recognized her lifetime of achievement with its highest honor--The Distinguished Service Award. And the Society of Professional Journalists have inducted her into the ORDER OF THE SILVER KEY as an "inspiration to the state's media community."

       She has been Arizona Journalist of the Year and twice was recognized as the nation's top city magazine columnist.

Jana is a communications expert who has won accolades in every phase of her career: journalist, author, broadcaster and speaker.





   Bones in the Desert   
   The True Story of a Mother's Murder and a Daughter's Search

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She was a beautiful, successful woman who ended up murdered and secretly buried in the desert; a "classic case of elder abuse" whose secret life and tragic death holds lessons for us all. This is the inside story of the living nightmare of Loretta Bowersock, the mother of Arizona's "domestic diva," Terri of Terri's Design & Consign. It is a story you will never forget.

BONES IN THE DESERT was released by St. Martin's Press Oct. 1 and is available through bookstores and amazon.com.

Read the opening chapter of BONES IN THE DESERT here.


Bones in the Desert debuted on October 1st at No. 33 on the top 100 nonfiction paperbacks sold in America listing. By October 15, it has climbed to No. 24!!





Jana's debut book, "The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd," was nominated for the prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Award and won Arizona's only literary prize.   

    Her commentaries for public television won two national awards, while her reporting on commercial television won a Rocky Mountain Emmy.

     She has been honored with the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award and by the Arizona Chapter of the ACLU for her leadership in bold, honest commentaries.  Besides, she gives great parties, is a gourmet cook, has never seen a hobby that doesn't interest her and is a fanatic about Christmas.