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.
She lives outside New York City 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.
She lives outside New York City with her husband, the folksinger Tony Hilliard.
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