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Janet Tashjian (1956-) Biography - Awards, Honors, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Writings, Adaptations

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Born 1956, in Providence, RI; Education: University of Rhode Island, B.A., 1978; Emerson College, M.F.A., 1994. Politics: Liberal. Religion: Buddhist. Hobbies and other interests: "Cooking, playing with my son, hiking, and being in nature."

Agent—Jennifer Flannery, 1140 Wickfield Ct., Naperville, IL 60653.

Writer, 1993—. Various positions as sales representative, sales manager, and sales consultant, 1978-93.

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Tru Confessions (for middle readers), Holt (New York, NY), 1997.

Marty Frye, Private Eye (for early readers), Holt (New York, NY), 1998.

Multiple Choice (for middle readers), Holt (New York, NY), 1999.

The Gospel According to Larry (for young adults), Holt (New York, NY), 2001.

Fault Line (for young adults), Holt (New York, NY), 2003.

Vote for Larry (for young adults), Holt (New York, NY), 2004.

Contributor of essays, short stories, and poems to various literary journals.

Tru Confessions was adapted as a television movie by the Disney Channel, 2002.

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Janet Tashjian (1956-) - Awards, Honors

Academic Excellence Award in Journalism, University of Rhode Island; DuPrey Fiction Award, Emerson College; Best Books for the Teen Age selection, New York Public Library, Best Children's Book selection, Bank Street College of Education, and Honor Book, Women's National Book Association, all for Tru Confessions; the German edition of Tru Confessions was honored for special literary q…

Janet Tashjian (1956-) - Sidelights

Novelist Janet Tashjian once commented: "I was a journalism major in college, but when I graduated, I took a detour into sales and marketing. After spending fifteen years selling software and computers, managing sales forces, and running training classes, I decided life was too short to spend another minute doing anything but what I really wanted to do, which was write. So I quit my job, bo…

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