Janet Fitch

Janet Fitch
Fitch at the book signing tent of the 2006 Texas Book Festival
Fitch at the book signing tent of the 2006 Texas Book Festival
BornJanet Elizabeth Fitch[1]
(1955-11-09) November 9, 1955 (age 69)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Alma materReed College
GenreLiterary Fiction
Notable worksWhite Oleander

Janet Fitch (born November 9, 1955)[1] is an American author. She wrote the novel White Oleander, which became a film in 2002. She is a graduate of Reed College.[2]

Fitch was born in Los Angeles, a third-generation native, and grew up in a family of voracious readers. As an undergraduate at Reed College, Fitch had decided to become a historian, attracted to its powerful narratives, the scope of events, the colossal personalities, and the potency and breadth of its themes. But when she won a student exchange to Keele University in England, where her passion for Russian history led her, she awoke in the middle of the night on her twenty-first birthday with the revelation she wanted to write fiction.[3]

Fitch was a faculty member in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California, where she taught fiction.

Two of her favorite authors are Fyodor Dostoevsky[4] and Edgar Allan Poe.

Her third novel, Paint It Black, named after the Rolling Stones song of the same name, was published in September 2006. Amber Tamblyn directed a 2016 feature film based on the book.[5]

Books

References

  1. ^ a b California Births, 1905 – 1995, Janet Elizabeth Fitch
  2. ^ Weber ’78, John. "Revolutionary Spirit". Reed Magazine. Retrieved June 20, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "About Janet". Official website. janetfitchwrites.com
  4. ^ Montefiore, Simon Sebag (October 20, 2017). "One Woman's Liberation, Set Against the Russian Revolution". New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Brooks, Brian (May 19, 2017). "Bryan Cranston In 'Wakefield'; Amber Tamblyn Opens Directorial Debut 'Paint It Black': Specialty Box Office Preview". Deadline. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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