Janet Tashjian
{{short description|American writer (born 1956)}}
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| birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
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Janet Tashjian (born 1956) is an American writer living in Los Angeles. Her children's and young adult fiction is published by Henry Holt and Company. Her books often incorporate different formats and play with the line between fiction and nonfiction.{{Cite web |url=http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-n97-40286 |title= Tashjian, Janet |accessdate=23 April 2010 |publisher=WorldCat Identities}} She is the mother of Jake Tashjian, who illustrated her My Life and Einstein the Class Hamster series.
Books
= Stand-alone fiction =
- 1997: Tru Confessions (which was adapted for a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie: Tru Confessions)
- 1999: Multiple Choice
- 1999: Felicity: Summer
- 2003: Fault Line
- 2012: For What It's Worth
= ''Larry'' series =
- 2001: The Gospel According to Larry
- 2004: Vote for Larry
- 2008: Larry and the Meaning of Life
= ''My Life'' series =
- 2010: My Life as a Book
- 2011: My Life as a Stuntboy
- 2013: My Life as a Cartoonist
- 2013: My Life as a Tale
- 2014: My Life as a Joke
- 2015: My Life as a Gamer
- 2017: My Life as a Ninja
- 2018: My Life as a YouTuber
- 2019: My Life as a Meme
- 2020: My Life as a Coder
- 2021: My Life as a Billionaire
= ''Einstein the Class Hamster'' series =
- 2013: Einstein the Class Hamster
- 2014: Einstein the Class Hamster and the Very Real Game Show
- 2015: Einstein the Class Hamster Saves the Library
= ''Sticker Girl'' series =
- 2016: Sticker Girl
- 2017: Sticker Girl Rules the School
- 2018: Sticker Girl and the Cupcake Challenge
= ''Marty Frye, Private Eye'' series =
- 2017: Marty Frye, Private Eye
- 2017: Marty Frye, Private Eye: The Case of the Stolen Poodle
- 2018: Marty Frye, Private Eye: The Case of the Busted Video Games
Adaptations
Tashjian's works have been translated into several languages. Her novel Tru Confessions was adapted into a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Clara Bryant and Shia LaBeouf.
References
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External links
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
- [http://www.janettashjian.com Official site]
- [http://us.macmillan.com/AuthorExtras.aspx?AuthorKey=329718&m_type=5 Author biography at Macmillan Books]
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Category:American children's writers
Category:American women novelists
Category:20th-century American novelists
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:American people of Armenian descent
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Writers from Providence, Rhode Island
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