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Janet Fitch (born November 9, 1955) is an American author. She wrote the novel White Oleander, which became a film in 2002. She is a graduate of Reed College. Fitch was born in Los Angeles, a third-generation native, and grew up in a family of voracious readers. As an undergraduate at Reed College, Fitch had decided to become a historian, attracted to its powerful narratives, the scope of events, the colossal personalities, and the potency and breadth of its themes. But when she won a student exchange to Keele University in England, where her passion for Russian history led her, she awoke in the middle of the night on her twenty-first birthday with the revelation she wanted to write fiction. Fitch was a faculty member in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California, where she taught fiction. Two of her favorite authors are Fyodor Dostoevsky and Edgar Allan Poe. Her third novel, Paint It Black, named after the Rolling Stones song of the same name, was published in September 2006. Amber Tamblyn directed a 2016 feature film based on the book. Books Kicks (Fawcett Books, 1996) White Oleander (Little, Brown, 1999) Paint It Black (Little, Brown, 2006) The Revolution of Marina M. (Little, Brown and Company, 2017) Chimes of a Lost Cathedral (Little, Brown, 2019) References External links Janet Fitch's Website Janet Fitch's Blog at Wordpress.com Janet Fitch at Literati.net Archived February 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Janet Fitch at Good Reads . Discover the Janet Fitch popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Janet Fitch books.

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  • The Revolution of Marina M. synopsis, comments

    The Revolution of Marina M.

    Janet Fitch

    From the megabestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young woman. St. Petersb...

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    Afterwords

    The Editors of Salon.com

    A riveting compilation of pieces which perfectly capture the cultural shift in America after September 11th, 2001. Featured writers include Rick Moody, Janet Fitch, and Caroline Kn...

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    All the Water in the World

    Karen Raney

    A stunning debut novel about a teenage girl and her mother as they grapple with first love, family secrets, and tragedy.Maddy is sixteen. Smart, funny, and profound, she has loyal ...