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Janet Tashjian

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born

East Providence, RI

gender

female

website

http://www.janettashjian.com

genre

Children's Books

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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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Books by Janet Tashjian

Average rating: 3.72 · 3,125 ratings · 576 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Gospel According to Larry (Gospel According to Larry, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 1,488 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	My rating:
	My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Vote for Larry (Gospel According to Larry, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Fault Line 3.69 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Multiple Choice 3.57 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1969 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Larry and the Meaning of Life (Gospel According to Larry, #3) 3.34 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Tru Confessions 3.70 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	My rating:
	My Life as a Stuntboy by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Marty Frye, Private Eye by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Laurie Keller (Illustrator) 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	For What It's Worth 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Gospel According to Larry (3 books)
by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author)

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Keep Sweet

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Quotes by Janet Tashjian

“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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“Play dead often and long enough and people begin to think you are.”
― Janet Tashjian, Fault Line

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The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

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Multiple Choice by Janet Tashjian

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East by Edith Pattou

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Book of a Thousand Days Retail by Shannon Hale

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

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Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse

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