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Janet Fitch at the book signing tent of the Texas Book Festival
Janet Fitch at the book signing tent of the Texas Book Festival

Janet Fitch is most famously known as the author of the Oprah's Book Club novel White Oleander, which became a film in 2002. She is a graduate of Reed College, located in Portland, Oregon. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (560x707, 104 KB) Using this image for purposes of advertising or trade may violate the publicity rights of the person depicted in the image. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (560x707, 104 KB) Using this image for purposes of advertising or trade may violate the publicity rights of the person depicted in the image. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Oprahs Book Club is a book club segment of the American talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, highlighting books chosen by host Oprah Winfrey. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... White Oleander is a 2002 motion picture that tells a story of a mother and her daughter and their relationship. ... White Oleander White Oleander is a 2002 drama film directed by Peter Kosminsky. ... Reed College is a liberal arts college located in Portland, Oregon in the Eastmoreland neighborhood. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ...


Janet Fitch was born in Los Angeles, a third-generation native, and grew up in a family of voracious readers. As an undergraduate at Reed College, Fitch had decided to become an historian, attracted to its powerful narratives, the scope of events, the colossal personalities, and the potency and breadth of its themes. But when she won a student exchange to Keele University in England, where her passion for Russian history led her, she awoke in the middle of the night on her twenty-first birthday with the revelation she wanted to write fiction. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Reed College is a liberal arts college located in Portland, Oregon in the Eastmoreland neighborhood. ... Keele University is a research-intensive campus university located near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...


Janet Fitch is a faculty member in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California, where she teaches fiction. The Master of Professional Writing Program (referred to as MPW) is a prestigious graduate writing program which offers a variety of courses at the University of Southern Californias College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. ... The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal[1]), located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA, was founded in 1880, making it Californias oldest private research university. ...


Her third novel, Paint It Black, named after the Rolling Stones song of the same name, was published in September 2006. Also the title of Janet Fitchs new book, Paint It Black. ...


Books

  • Kicks (Fawcett Books, 1996)
  • Paint it Black (Little, Brown, 2006)

White Oleander is a 2002 motion picture that tells a story of a mother and her daughter and their relationship. ...

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Fitch, who was going through a divorce, instead selected a story that examines the emotional and psychological consequences of loss.
BookPage Interview September 2006: Janet Fitch (885 words)
According to Janet Fitch, the overwhelming success of her previous novel White Oleander, an Oprah pick, was a mixed blessing.
Fitch had been a history major at Reed College until her 21st birthday, the day she decided to become a novelist.
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