Janet Ruth Young's novels about teens dealing with mental illness (The Opposite of Music, 2007; Things I Shouldn't Think, 2011; and My Beautiful Failure, 2012) have received honors from PEN New England, Indie Bound, Borders, Publishers Weekly, the New York Public Library, the American Library Association, and the Canadian Mental Health Association.
An advocate for people with mental illness, Janet has given talks and interviews to, or written materials for, the International OCD Foundation, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, the Wisconsin Initiative for Stigma Elimination, the American Association of Caregiving Youth, and other organizations.
Janet works as an editor for some of the world's largest publishers, such as Houghton Mifflin, Pearson Education, and Cengage Learning. She is also an independent editor and writing coach, specializing in helping would-be authors complete their unfinished projects.
She lives in New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts, with her husband, the folksinger Tony Hilliard.
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An advocate for people with mental illness, Janet has given talks and interviews to, or written materials for, the International OCD Foundation, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, the Wisconsin Initiative for Stigma Elimination, the American Association of Caregiving Youth, and other organizations.
Janet works as an editor for some of the world's largest publishers, such as Houghton Mifflin, Pearson Education, and Cengage Learning. She is also an independent editor and writing coach, specializing in helping would-be authors complete their unfinished projects.
She lives in New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts, with her husband, the folksinger Tony Hilliard.
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