Janis Cooke Newman

is the author of the Bay Area Bestseller, Mary, a historical novel about Mary Todd Lincoln, chosen as both a BookSense Pick for October 2006 and a BookSense Year-End Pick Highlight, as well as The Russian Word For Snow. Her writing has also appeared in numerous anthologies, including Secret Lives Of Lawfully Wedded Wives and Four Travelers' Tales editions. Janis is also a travel writer and lives in San Francisco, where she teaches creative writing. She is co-founder of Line by Line, a literary editing service.

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