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Janet Tashjian

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East Providence, RI

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I write almost every day. If I don't, the words start backing up inside me and it gets ugly fast. My mind pretty much never stops -- I have more ideas than time to write them in. Nothing makes me happier than coming up with characters and story lines for a new project. My family and friends very graciously put up with my barrage of new ideas.

I grew up in East Providence, Rhode Island. My father was a sales engineer, my mother a homemaker. I'm the oldest of four with two sisters and a brother. I always liked to keep busy, working on several projects at once. I wrote a little, but never thought of becoming a writer.

I've always been an avid reader; I still read several books a week. When I was young, it was mostly mysteries: Nancy Drew, Encycl...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 4,652 ratings · 783 reviews · 15 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Gospel According to Larry (Gospel According to Larry, #1) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,927 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 1,074 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vote for Larry (Gospel According to Larry, #2) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fault Line 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life as a Stuntboy by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Multiple Choice 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Larry and the Meaning of Life (Gospel According to Larry, #3) 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tru Confessions 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For What It's Worth 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life as a Cartoonist by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrations) 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Gospel According to Larry (3 books)
by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author)
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“Play dead often and long enough and people begin to think you are.”
― Janet Tashjian, Fault Line

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“There's conflict on every continent, the poverty rate is increasing, the environment's a wreck, and I'm not supposed to be affected?”
― Janet Tashjian, Larry and the Meaning of Life

tags: life, our-world, the-environment

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