My life in 8 words: "Happy woman bright woods barking dogs books and books"
February 22, 2010
I'm just done with a round of speaking on the winter lit circuit down South and it was the coldest book tour I've ever gone on....
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The Cracker Kitchen is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 06, 2013
The Cracker Kitchen will be released on April 06, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Apr 06, 2013
American Ghost is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 12, 2013
American Ghost will be released on March 12, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Mar 12, 2013
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from American GhostNov 10, 2012
American Ghost will be released on October 09, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 09, 2012
American Ghost is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 09, 2012
American Ghost is now available in eBook
Oct 09, 2012
American Ghost will be released on October 09, 2012 in eBook
Oct 09, 2012
Author Appearances have been announced:
Find Janis Owens appearancesSep 30, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from American GhostSep 29, 2012
Author Voices:
Home Again, Home AgainFeb 23, 2010
Author Revealed Answer:
Is there a book you love to reread?Feb 23, 2010
Author Revealed Answer:
Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?Feb 23, 2010
Author Revealed Answer:
What are your 5 favorite books of all time?Feb 23, 2010
Author Revealed Answer:
What are your 5 favorite songs?Feb 23, 2010
Janis Owens's Books
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The Cracker KitchenThough our roots are in the Colonial South, we Crackers are essentially just another American fusion culture, and our table and our stories are...Read More -
American GhostA richly woven novel about how the events of our past haunt our present from a unique and talented southern storyteller.Read More
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Orlando Sentinel, February 18, 2013
...Lenski. Spotlight on 'The Cracker Kitchen' Here's a coincidence: "Strawberry Girl" won the Newbery medal, and author Janis Owens, who is speaking in Orlando this week, lives in Newberry, Florida. The spelling is different, but Owens and Lois Lensky's...
Panama City News Herald, February 17, 2013
...March 20. Other winners for books released in 2012 include such well-known authors as Carl Hiaasen, Dennis Lehane, Janis Owens, Lola Haskins, Thurgood Marshall, and several others. Begun in 2006, the Florida Book Awards is an annual program that...
St. Petersburg Times, February 11, 2013
...Larry Eugene Rivers, Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in 19th Century Florida. General fiction: Lehane, Live by Night; Janis Owens, American Ghost; Evans, Plunder. General nonfiction: Michael Grunwald, The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of...
The Empire, December 24, 2012
...The Innovation Of The iPod , by Scott Christianson, hardcover, 223 pages, Plume, list price $25 American Ghost , by Janis Owens, hardcover, 278 pages, Scribner, list price $25 The Art Forger , by B.A. Shapiro, hardcover, 360 pages, Algonquin Books,...
Limerick-Royersford-Spring City Patch, December 20, 2012
...going to start with a warning that if you’re looking for a spooky novel, American Ghost , by Janis Owens, is not it. Many people on other sites have posted that they were under the assumption that this was a ghost story. However, the type of ghost...
MySanAntonio, November 17, 2012
...talking particularly about the South, and if you would like an example of how right he was, read Janis Owens' “American Ghost.” This compelling novel begins as a love story between a lonely small-town teenager and a dashing (in a scholarly-nerd sort...
Spartanburg Herald-Journal, November 4, 2012
...Critically acclaimed authors Cassandra King and Janis Owens share a special bond shaped by their common identity as Southern writers. Enlarge | Cassandra King wrote the best-selling novel “The Same Sweet Girls.” Photo provided Facts Want to...
Orlando Sentinel, February 18, 2013
...Lenski. Spotlight on 'The Cracker Kitchen' Here's a coincidence: "Strawberry Girl" won the Newbery medal, and author Janis Owens, who is speaking in Orlando this week, lives in Newberry, Florida. The spelling is different, but Owens and Lois Lensky's...
Panama City News Herald, February 17, 2013
...March 20. Other winners for books released in 2012 include such well-known authors as Carl Hiaasen, Dennis Lehane, Janis Owens, Lola Haskins, Thurgood Marshall, and several others. Begun in 2006, the Florida Book Awards is an annual program that...
St. Petersburg Times, February 11, 2013
...Larry Eugene Rivers, Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in 19th Century Florida. General fiction: Lehane, Live by Night; Janis Owens, American Ghost; Evans, Plunder. General nonfiction: Michael Grunwald, The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of...
The Empire, December 24, 2012
...The Innovation Of The iPod , by Scott Christianson, hardcover, 223 pages, Plume, list price $25 American Ghost , by Janis Owens, hardcover, 278 pages, Scribner, list price $25 The Art Forger , by B.A. Shapiro, hardcover, 360 pages, Algonquin Books,...
Limerick-Royersford-Spring City Patch, December 20, 2012
...going to start with a warning that if you’re looking for a spooky novel, American Ghost , by Janis Owens, is not it. Many people on other sites have posted that they were under the assumption that this was a ghost story. However, the type of ghost...
NPR, December 13, 2012
...not art for art's sake; they are art with a purpose. A natural-born storyteller and proud Southerner, Janis Owens tries to reconcile the South she loves — filled with good food and family — and the South of racism and violence that she abhors. is a...
MySanAntonio, November 17, 2012
...talking particularly about the South, and if you would like an example of how right he was, read Janis Owens' “American Ghost.” This compelling novel begins as a love story between a lonely small-town teenager and a dashing (in a scholarly-nerd sort...
