Janet S. Fox

Janet S. Fox (Janet Fox) is a writer, mom, and former high school English teacher. Her young adult novel FAITHFUL (Speak/Penguin, 2010), was a 2011 Amelia Bloomer list pick. FORGIVEN, a companion YA novel (Speak 2011) was a Junior Library Guild selection and WILLA Literary Award finalist. Janet's third YA, SIRENS (Speak, 1012), is a "noir romance" set in 1925 New York. GET ORGANIZED WITHOUT LOSING IT is her award-winning middle grade self-help book for kids (Free Spirit Publishing, 2006 and 2017), and her debut middle grade novel, THE CHARMED CHILDREN OF ROOKSKILL CASTLE, is a spooky historical fantasy set in Scotland (Viking, 2016). CHARMED CHILDREN has won multiple starred reviews, is on numerous state reading lists, and won SCBWI's Crystal Kite award in 2017. Its companion novel, THE ARTIFACT HUNTERS, is out from Viking (2020). A contemporary MG, CARRY ME HOME, is new from Simon & Schuster (2021). Her debut picture book, VOLCANO DREAMS, illustrated by Marlo Garnsworthy, from Web of Life Children's Books came out in 2018 and a second picture book, WINTERGARDEN, is on tap from Neal Porter Books (2023). Janet is a 2010 graduate of the MFA/Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and she currently lives in the mountains of Montana. The family loves dogs and is ruled by a rambunctious yellow lab.