Jana Horn is an American folk musician based in Austin, Texas.
Jana Horn grew up in Glen Rose, Texas. She is a teacher and a fiction writer in the MFA program at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She became interested in Christian screamo music while growing up in a small town in Texas; she went to screamo concerts in Dallas. Prior to releasing her debut album, she recorded an album which was not released. Her debut album, Optimism, was initially self-released before No Quarter, a record label from Philadelphia decided to give the album a wider release.
In 2023, Horn announced her sophomore album, The Window Is the Dream, which came out on April 7. She released her self-titled third album on January 16, 2026 and it received positive reviews.