She earned her journalism degree by working as a factory welder and cocktail waitress. She wrote more stories and children's books than she cares to remember and the internet is flooded with her non-fiction articles on every subject under the sun. Then she penned a suspense thriller, Walk Me To Midnight, around the hot controversial topic of assisted suicide and voila - Jane St. Clair's first novel propelled her way beyond midnight into shiny stardom.
This versatile and talented writer started her journalism career in the poverty-stricken ghettos of Chicago where she became the voice for those who had no voice. Having lost both parents and a sister to cancer in hospices, she has first-hand knowledge and experience of the plight of cancer patients on proverbial death row in these settings.
Jane grew up in Chicago and paid her way through varsity by embarking on a diverse variety of odd jobs that is also typical of her versatile and inquisitive nature. While studying for her degree in journalism at the Northwestern University, she entered and won a magazine's short story contest. That was her first break-through and set the stage for the series of short stories and numerous children's books that followed. Dozens of her stories were published in literary magazines, and she authored 54 children's stories, 17 children's books and two non-fiction books that were all published by different agencies.
She started her journalism career fighting for the underdog in Chicago's underworld before she joined main media corporations. She worked for Sesame Street in New York, Channel 11/PBS TV in Chicago and as reporter/photographer for daily and weekly newspapers in rural Indiana and Kentucky. As freelance website writer, she has written innumerable non-fiction articles about a wide variety of topics - including a popular series about bullies.
In what she describes as her day job, Jane has written enough non-fictional website articles and e-books about a variety of topics to fill a library. Her journalism career took her from TV scripts to daily and weekly newspapers in New York, Chicago, Louisville, Indiana and Kentucky. There is hardly a topic that she has not written about - from political campaign speeches, advertisements and financial issues to hard core national news events.
Jane's expansive knowledge and vast field of interest is evident in the variety of fictional and non-fictional writings she mastered in a variety of genres. Apart from her series and Arizona desert songs, she also published two full-length non-fiction books on psychology and etiquette and various e-books on a wide variety of diverse topics, including medical conditions such as ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and Asperger Syndrome.
Jane's versatility and extensive general knowledge is clearly illustrated in the diverse subjects she write about. She seems to have no problem switching between imaginative stories for children to intricate controversial social topics, financial issues and medical conditions. Her sensitive blog musings about her desert home in Tucson, Arizona, called desert songs, speak to the heart and give readers a peek into the soul of this acclaimed artist.
Her work won many awards. Her true story about dogs, The Time We Lost Gigi, won the overall first prize in the international contest for true life short stories. A series of web articles she wrote about financial prowess, The Money Express, went viral on the internet and also won several national awards. But it was her first novel, written expertly from the heart about a topic close to her heart, that brought Jane the international recognition and fame that she deserves.
This versatile and talented writer started her journalism career in the poverty-stricken ghettos of Chicago where she became the voice for those who had no voice. Having lost both parents and a sister to cancer in hospices, she has first-hand knowledge and experience of the plight of cancer patients on proverbial death row in these settings.
Jane grew up in Chicago and paid her way through varsity by embarking on a diverse variety of odd jobs that is also typical of her versatile and inquisitive nature. While studying for her degree in journalism at the Northwestern University, she entered and won a magazine's short story contest. That was her first break-through and set the stage for the series of short stories and numerous children's books that followed. Dozens of her stories were published in literary magazines, and she authored 54 children's stories, 17 children's books and two non-fiction books that were all published by different agencies.
She started her journalism career fighting for the underdog in Chicago's underworld before she joined main media corporations. She worked for Sesame Street in New York, Channel 11/PBS TV in Chicago and as reporter/photographer for daily and weekly newspapers in rural Indiana and Kentucky. As freelance website writer, she has written innumerable non-fiction articles about a wide variety of topics - including a popular series about bullies.
In what she describes as her day job, Jane has written enough non-fictional website articles and e-books about a variety of topics to fill a library. Her journalism career took her from TV scripts to daily and weekly newspapers in New York, Chicago, Louisville, Indiana and Kentucky. There is hardly a topic that she has not written about - from political campaign speeches, advertisements and financial issues to hard core national news events.
Jane's expansive knowledge and vast field of interest is evident in the variety of fictional and non-fictional writings she mastered in a variety of genres. Apart from her series and Arizona desert songs, she also published two full-length non-fiction books on psychology and etiquette and various e-books on a wide variety of diverse topics, including medical conditions such as ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and Asperger Syndrome.
Jane's versatility and extensive general knowledge is clearly illustrated in the diverse subjects she write about. She seems to have no problem switching between imaginative stories for children to intricate controversial social topics, financial issues and medical conditions. Her sensitive blog musings about her desert home in Tucson, Arizona, called desert songs, speak to the heart and give readers a peek into the soul of this acclaimed artist.
Her work won many awards. Her true story about dogs, The Time We Lost Gigi, won the overall first prize in the international contest for true life short stories. A series of web articles she wrote about financial prowess, The Money Express, went viral on the internet and also won several national awards. But it was her first novel, written expertly from the heart about a topic close to her heart, that brought Jane the international recognition and fame that she deserves.
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