Photo by: Robert BarbuttiJanet began her writing career at age twelve with the sci-fi screenplay "The Sounds of Quazon" which consisted of about a paragraph in which two astronauts engaged in such titillating dialogue as: "Did you hear that?" "What was that?"

Janet's next writing project was at nineteen when she co-wrote a play for a real estate company's Christmas party. She was paid fifty dollars for her work and the clients were very happy.

Her true passion for writing ignited when she took a playwriting class at UC Santa Cruz in 1988. After achieving her Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Arts (with an emphasis in acting) in 1989, Janet developed and taught an after-school drama program at Pescadero High School and wrote in her spare time. After four years, she quit teaching to write full-time.

In 1999, after completing ten novels, Janet started writing a monthly humor column for CoastViews magazine, a job she currently holds today. In 2000, she sold her first reprint to Funny Times and her work continues to appear in the national magazine. In 2003, she pitched the idea for an advice column, What Would Janet Do? to her publisher at CoastViews. Her advice column continues to be one of the most popular features of the magazine.

In 2004, in addition to her novels and columns, Janet began writing short romantic fiction for a commercial website under a pen name. In 2006, her short stories were compiled into books which sell through the website, Amazon.com, Lulu.com and Fictionwise.com. Additional compilations have been released yearly.

Janet has won four awards for her latest novel, Cinderolda. For the past seventeen years, she has performed as Master of Ceremonies for The Pescadero Arts and Fun Festival. She lives in Northern California and has been married since the dawn of civilization to her husband, Frank. In her spare time, Janet loves to host dinner parties and ride her assortment of two-wheeled, non-motorized vehicles.