Janie is a senior writer who contributes commentary to WORLD and oversees WORLD’s annual Children’s Books of the Year awards. She also writes novels for young adults and authored the Wordsmith creative writing curriculum. Janie resides in rural Missouri.
Award-winning books for ages 9-13
What was supposed to liberate has instead dashed romantic hopes
Without an overarching narrative of truth, society is increasingly incoherent
The atheism of Ta-Nehisi Coates gets in the way of real reconciliation
Graphic novels for ages 6-14
