FAITHFUL by Janet S. Fox

• Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2010
• Publisher: Puffin
• Release Date: May 13, 2010
• ISBN: 978-0-14-241413-2

Janet S. Fox’s debut novel for young adults, FAITHFUL, is a romance, mystery and adventure set in the Gilded Age. Ms. Fox’s heroine, Maggie Bennet, loses her mother in a tragic accident, and then is forced to accept her father’s desire to leave their high society life in Newport, RI, and move to the American west. They relocate to the Greater Yellowstone, where Maggie searches for herself and for love, while her courage and determination are tested in an astonishing and dangerous environment.

The planned sequel to FAITHFUL follows Maggie as she is forced to return to Newport and an arranged marriage; now she yearns for her newly adopted western home. Her attempt to return to Yellowstone is tumultuous, and this sequel evokes the epic spirit of turn-of-the-century America.

The Author: Janet S. Fox
Location: College Station, TX

Ms. Fox is the author of an award-winning non-fiction book for middle grades, GET ORGANIZED WITHOUT LOSING IT (Free Spirit Publishing, 2006). She has taught middle and high school English, and is currently, in addition to her writing, pursuing an MFA in writing for children. She has given numerous presentations to a variety of audiences, adults and kids alike, and participated in school visits related to writing and study skills.

Ms. Fox has been a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for ten years, acting for four years as Regional Advisor for her local chapter, and is presently the Assistant RA. Her current projects include several picture books and middle-grade novels, including a reality-based fantasy centered on a girl with a gift and her grandmother’s fabulous necklace.
Her teenage son, her husband, and one woebegone basset hound occupy Ms. Fox’s free time. She was born in Manhattan and raised in New England and the Midwest. Her family spends summers in the mountains of Montana, where they hike, fish and ride, and they currently winter in the university town of College Station, Texas.

Contact Information:

• Official web site: www.janetsfox.com
• Blogger: http://kidswriterjfox.blogspot.com