Tashjian, Janet

Janet Tashjian was born in Provindence, Rhode Island in 1956. She received an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. She worked in sales and marketing for fifteen years before doing what she really wanted to do: to write; she has worked as a writer since 1993. Her young book for middle readers, Tru Confessions, was honored by the Women's National Book Association and the New York Public Library in 1998. Biographical source: Something About the Author, vol. 102, pp. 187-188.

From the description of Janet Tashjian Papers 1997. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 432980320

Janet Tashjian was born in Provindence, Rhode Island in 1956. She received an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. She worked in sales and marketing for fifteen years before doing what she really wanted to do: to write; she has worked as a writer since 1993. Her young book for middle readers, Tru Confessions, was honored by the Women's National Book Association and the New York Public Library in 1998.

Biographical source: Something About the Author, vol. 102, pp. 187-188.

From the guide to the Janet Tashjian Papers, 1997, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])