Epoch Times Senior Editor Awarded for New Book Killed to Order

French Quarter Magazine awarded Epoch Times senior editor Jan Jekielek the publication’s pick for 2026 Best Author of the Year, holding a ceremony at the French Embassy in Washington.The magazine’s founder and CEO, Isabelle Karamooz, described the setting as a nexus where conversations shape reality, and possibly the catalyst for the change that Jekielek’s new book, “Killed to Order,” demands.The bestselling book presents two decades of evidence of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) forced organ harvesting industry, how it grew to become an estimated $9 billion industry, and how the West—including the United States—was drawn into complicity.“Ideas travel, and when they do, they become foundational,” Karamooz said at the April 20 event, urging attendees to continue to raise awareness about the issue in their own spheres of influence.French Quarter Magazine was founded to drive cultural exchange and meaningful dialogue, and the award was selected with impact over visibility in mind, Karamooz said.“Jan explores allegations of forced organ harvesting in China—a subject as sensitive as it is significant, and one that invites us to reflect on human dignity, ethics, and global responsibility,” she said, “The role of journalist as its best is not only to inform but to illuminate, and sometimes to ask us to look more closely at what we might prefer not to see.”