Look and Listen

Biography

Janet Lane Walters lives in the scenic Hudson River Valley with her husband of many years. She's the mother of four, two boys and two girls. The youngest girl is adopted and biracial. She has five grandchildren, four who are biracial, and one from China. A fifth child is pending. Janet has dual careers. She has a BS in Nursing and a BA in English. Her writing career was split with a hiatus to put four children through college. She is the author of a slew of books in a number of fields, from poetry, to short stories, to novels and non-fiction. Cozy mysteries, romance from sweet to spicy, historical, suspense and fantasy - both adult and young adult. She has won severalawards for her writing. With her writing partner Jane Toombs, she is the winner of an EPPIE for the non-fiction book "Becoming Your Own Critique Partner. Her writing career began in third grade when she re-wrote the ending of "Anna Karenina" during a book report. While a nursing student, her mentors cringed when she turned in her care studies because she included more than just the boring medical fasts.

Inspiration

Actually I wasn't really inspired since I began story-telling at a young age. Perhaps my grandfather was one of my inspirations since he gave me a sense of wonder about words by teaching me to read by using the poems of John Donne. My father was another inspiration since there were always books in the house and he believed if we could read the words we could read any book he possessed. Another inspiration occurred when I lived in a very small town with a very limited library. I began writing because there was little to read other than the encyclopedia.