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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