Janice Eidus

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Janice Eidus, is an American writer living in New York City. Her novels include The War of the Rosens, The Last Jewish Virgin and Urban Bliss. She has twice won the O.Henry Prize for Fiction, as well as a Pushcart Prize. Other awards include the Redbook Short Fiction Contest,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99442848/literary-reading-set-the-post-star/|title=Literary reading set|date=December 1, 1980|work=The Post-Star (Glens Falls, New York)|access-date=April 13, 2022|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}} The Acker Award for Achievement,{{Cite web|url=https://nyackerawards.info/2013_acker-awards.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417144724/https://nyackerawards.info/2013_acker-awards.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 17, 2021|title=2013 Awards|date=2013|work=Acker Awards|publisher=Acker Awards New York|access-date=April 23, 2022}} an Independent Book Award, and The Firecracker Award given by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.

Eidus' work has been praised by critics.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108295677/tampa-bay-times/|title=Everywoman for the '80s|first=Harriet|last=Brown|date=May 10, 1987|work=The St. Petersburg Times|access-date=August 25, 2022|page=6D|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108297054/women-power-and-passion-des-moines/|title=Women, power and passion|first=Leslie|last=Carper|date=May 24, 1987|work=The St. Petersburg Times|access-date=August 25, 2022|page=4C|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108344217/emily-leider-waffle-pizzas-and-pink/|title=Waffle Pizzas and Pink Nighties|first=Emily|last=Leider|date=July 22, 1990|work=San Francisco Examiner|access-date=August 26, 2022|page=Review-4|via=Newspapers.com}}

Eidus has taught at such universities as Morningside College,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99442947/morningside-adds-teacher-of-writing/|title=Morningside adds teacher of writing|date=August 11, 1977|work=Sioux City Journal|access-date=April 13, 2022|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} Carlow University,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fc2.org/authors/eidus/|title=Janice Eidus|date=2015|work=FC2|publisher=FC2|access-date=April 23, 2022}} the University of New Orleans,{{Cite web|last=Bender|first=Sheila|url=https://writingitreal.com/prompts-inspired-by-in-brief-short-takes-on-the-personal-edited-by-kitchen-amp-jones/|title=Prompts Inspired By In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal, edited by Kitchen & Jones|date=January 27, 2005|work=Writing It Real|publisher=Sheila Bender's Writing It Real|access-date=April 23, 2022}} and The New School and at numerous writers' conferences, including The Writers Workshop of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Sanibel Island Writers Conference,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99443193/sanibel-island-writers-conference-ad/|title=Seventh Annual Sanibel Island Writers Conference (advertisement)|date=November 1, 2012|work=Fort Myers News-Press|access-date=April 13, 2022|page=A10|via=Newspapers.com}} and the Chautauqua Writers Conference.