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.
Contemporary America is kicking away the ladder that allowed it to reach great heights
If we don’t recognize a higher authority, we end up with a government of legalities
Four Newbery honorees
We know—or think we know—what we’re doing when we take up self-destructive behavior
