Janet Ruth Heller, Author

Portage, MI
phone  269-323-2014  269-323-2014
email: janetheller@charter.net

website: http://www.redroom.com/author/janet-ruth-heller

Books
How the Moon Regained her Shape (Sylvan Dell, Feb 2006), a picture book, illustrated by Ben Hodson;www.sylvandellpublishing.com/Moon.php

Magazines or Other Publications
[all are poems]
"Night-Owl" in anthology Pandemonium or Life with Kids (Rose Publications, 1995)
"Indian Summer" (The Pegasus Review, 1999)
"Learning to Float" (The Grand Valley Review, 1996)
"Sacrament" in anthology Moon Days (Summerhouse Press, 1999)
"Snow-Poem" (Modern Maturity 1980)
"Tulips in July" (Organic Gardening, 1985)

Programs for Elementary to Adult
For Children: School, Library, Bookstore, Church or Synagogue Visits, and Residencies
For Adults: Workshops, Teacher In-Services, and Church or Synagogue Visits

Program Description
Janet can do creative writing workshops for children and adults on fiction, poetry and essays; discuss bullying; discuss how to get books published; and do readings of her fiction picture book. Her poems and short stories concern nature, the seasons of the year, the life cycle, and human growth and new insights. She's a college professor at Western Michigan University in the English department. She has taught creative writing and literature. She enjoys working with children and adults.

Group Size: Small or large groups

Fees: Inquire. Generally $30 per hour plus expenses.

Speaker Availability: Full Year

Brochure available.

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