Janet Riehecky

Janet Riehecky is the author of 137 books for children ranging from preschool picture books to junior high biography. Her series Dinosaurs! won the 1989 Summit Award for Best Children's Nonfiction, and her Tasmanian Tiger was a Junior Library Guild selection in 2008. Janet served as the National Director of Kids Love A Mystery from 1998 to 2004 and has been a network representative for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators since 2007. She is an adjunct writing professor at Judson University and a member of SCBWI, Mystery Writers of America, and the Society of American Magicians. She is a popular speaker in libraries and elementary schools.