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Janet Nichols Lynch (born October 3, 1952) is the author of eight books, including a novel, a short story collection, three young adult novels, one juvenile novel, and two nonfiction books about music. Janet was born and raised in Sacramento, California. Her father was William Nichols, a refrigeration engineer, and her mother was Lena Graifenberg Nichols, a homemaker. She has one older sister, Joyce. In 1984 Janet’s first published short story appeared in The New Yorker, and since then her fiction has been included in Seventeen, The San Joaquin Review, The Baltimore Review, Confrontation, Writer’s Forum, and the anthology of California writers Highway 99: a Literary Journey through California’s Great Central Valley. For the past thirteen years, Janet has read her fiction on Valley Public Radio’s (KVPR, Fresno and KVPX Bakersfield FM 89.3)Valley Writers Read, hosted by Franz Weinschenk.

Janet received a B.A. in Music from [[California State University, Sacramento]], a Master of Music Degree in Piano from [[Arizona State University]], and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from [[California State University, Fresno]], where she was the 2003 Outstanding Thesis Award Nominee for the College of Arts and Humanities.  She has taught music at De Anza College, Cupertino, and Skyline College, San Bruno, and music and English at College of the Sequoias, Visalia; currently she teaches English at El Diamante High school.  She competes in marathons and triathlons, and once rode her bike from Phoenix, AZ to Washington, D.C.  She lives in Visalia with her husband, Timothy Lynch.  They have two grown children, Caitlin and Sean.


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Total Books: 10
My Beautiful Hippie
2013 - My Beautiful Hippie (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780823426034
ISBN-10: 0823426033
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Racing California
2012 - Racing California (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780823423637
ISBN-10: 0823423638
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Addicted to Her
2010 - Addicted to Her (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780823421862
ISBN-10: 0823421864
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Messed Up
2009 - Messed Up (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780823421855
ISBN-10: 0823421856
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Messed Up
2009 - Messed Up (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780545384988
ISBN-10: 0545384982
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Chest Pains A Novel
2009 - Chest Pains a Novel (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780981617503
ISBN-10: 0981617506
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Peace Is a FourLetter Word
2005 - Peace Is a Fourletter Word (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781597140140
ISBN-10: 1597140147
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Where Words Leave Off Music Begins
2004 - Where Words Leave Off Music Begins (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780595337217
ISBN-10: 059533721X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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