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Joanne E. Zienty

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Joanne Zienty was just named the winner of the Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project.

Born and raised on Chicago's South Side, Joanne Zienty vividly remembers the “glow of industry” that lit the night sky with an orange haze and can still summon the acrid odor of the fumes of coke ovens and blast furnaces, although the steel mills have been shuttered for decades.
Joanne's first success as a writer came in 5th grade, when she completed a 70 page novel, which was, admittedly, highly derivative of the Walter Farley Black Stallion series, and had her first play – a Thanksgiving drama – produced on the stage of her elementary school.
As an undergrad at the University of Chicago, Joanne had the pleasure of dropping, along with half of the ot Joanne Zienty was just named the winner of the Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project.

Born and raised on Chicago's South Side, Joanne Zienty vividly remembers the “glow of industry” that lit the night sky with an orange haze and can still summon the acrid odor of the fumes of coke ovens and blast furnaces, although the steel mills have been shuttered for decades.
Joanne's first success as a writer came in 5th grade, when she completed a 70 page novel, which was, admittedly, highly derivative of the Walter Farley Black Stallion series, and had her first play – a Thanksgiving drama – produced on the stage of her elementary school.
As an undergrad at the University of Chicago, Joanne had the pleasure of dropping, along with half of the other students in the class, a creative writing course taught by Richard Stern, after he threatened on the first day to rip everyone all a new one, metaphorically speaking, and woe unto students concerned about their GPAs. Well, who wasn’t?
Joanne did a stint as a department manager and network administrator for a downtown law firm, where she earned a reputation as a bit of a tech geek, then enjoyed a lovely sojourn as a stay-at-home mom. During this time, Joanne earned her teaching certificate from Roosevelt University and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from Dominican University. Joanne is now an elementary school library director, which allows her to combine three of her favorite things: reading, encouraging others to read and keeping up with her tech geek skills.
Oh, Joanne writes, too! She's honed her craft in writing classes offered by Molly Ramanujan Daniels through the University of Chicago’s Graham School and her Clothesline School of Fiction. Several pieces written and performed for these classes form the early chapters of her first novel.
Joanne lives in Wheaton, Illinois with her very supportive husband, two amazing daughters, and two naughty cats.

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I'm blessed to appear at two events this Saturday, June 24th. The first is a private event connected to the ALA Conference in Chicago. THRIVE is a celebration of indie books and community reading sponsored by Biblioboard, the Soon to Be Famous Illinois Authors Project and RAILS Library System, among others. The second is a public event at the Tamale Hut Cafe in North Riverside. Good times! Here... Read more of this blog post »

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