Janae is a New York Times bestselling author who received her M.F.A. in Writing for Children from The New School (2010). Earlier in her professional career, she got an inside look at the publishing world while spending seven years working for Simon & Schuster. In 2020, she published her debut middle-grade novel, From the Desk of Zoe Washington, which received critical acclaim and was named Best Book of the Year by publications such as Parents Magazine, Booklist, Chicago Public Library, and the Boston Globe. She’s since published three additional novels for middle grade readers (On Air with Zoe Washington, A Soft Place to Land, A Split Second), with more on the way. Janae grew up in the NYC suburbs and now lives in Connecticut with her husband, daughter, and miniature schnauzer named Cookie.
