Janet Fitch

Janet Fitch

Janet Fitch is most famously known as the author of the Oprah’s Book Club novel White Oleander, which became a film in 2002. Her third novel, Paint It Black (named after the Rolling Stones song of the same name), was published in September 2006 and is also set for production as a feature film. As an undergraduate at Reed College studying history, Janet was awarded with a student exchange opportunity to Keele University in England to pursue her passion in Russian history. While at Keele, she awoke in the middle of the night on her twenty-first birthday with the revelation she wanted to write fiction. Janet taught fiction at the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California and will be continuing to teach with that program as it merges with a new MFA Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is currently working on her latest novel, which is due next Spring. Visit Janet’s blog here, and read Oprah’s interview with Janet Fitch here. Master Class Leader, Waves Discussion Series Contributor