Janet McDonald | |
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Born | Brooklyn, United States | August 10, 1953
Died | April 11, 2007 Paris, France | (aged 53)
Occupation | Attorney, Author |
Education |
Vassar College (
BA) Columbia University ( MS) New York University ( JD) |
Genre | Young adult fiction, Memoir |
Janet McDonald (August 10, 1953 – April 11, 2007) [1] was an American writer of young adult novels as well as the author of Project Girl, a memoir about her early life in Brooklyn's Farragut Houses and struggle to achieve an Ivy League education. Her best known children's book is Spellbound, which tells the story of a teenaged mother who wins a spelling competition and a college scholarship. The book was named as one of the American Library Association's eighty-four Best Books for Young Adults in 2002. [2]
In addition to books, McDonald also wrote articles for publications such as Slate, including one in which she paid psychic Sylvia Browne $700 for a telephone reading. [3] McDonald was a member of Mensa, the high IQ society. [4] [5]
After graduating from Vassar (1977), Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1984), and New York University Law School (1986),[ citation needed] McDonald practiced law in New York City (1986–89) and Seattle (1989–91). [6] She took a position as an intern at a Paris law firm (1991–93) before moving to Olympia, Washington, to work in the Attorney General's office and teach French language classes at Evergreen State College. [7] McDonald settled in Paris in 1995 to work first as an international attorney and then as a writer, until she died of cancer in 2007. [8] [9]
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Born | Brooklyn, United States | August 10, 1953
Died | April 11, 2007 Paris, France | (aged 53)
Occupation | Attorney, Author |
Education |
Vassar College (
BA) Columbia University ( MS) New York University ( JD) |
Genre | Young adult fiction, Memoir |
Janet McDonald (August 10, 1953 – April 11, 2007) [1] was an American writer of young adult novels as well as the author of Project Girl, a memoir about her early life in Brooklyn's Farragut Houses and struggle to achieve an Ivy League education. Her best known children's book is Spellbound, which tells the story of a teenaged mother who wins a spelling competition and a college scholarship. The book was named as one of the American Library Association's eighty-four Best Books for Young Adults in 2002. [2]
In addition to books, McDonald also wrote articles for publications such as Slate, including one in which she paid psychic Sylvia Browne $700 for a telephone reading. [3] McDonald was a member of Mensa, the high IQ society. [4] [5]
After graduating from Vassar (1977), Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1984), and New York University Law School (1986),[ citation needed] McDonald practiced law in New York City (1986–89) and Seattle (1989–91). [6] She took a position as an intern at a Paris law firm (1991–93) before moving to Olympia, Washington, to work in the Attorney General's office and teach French language classes at Evergreen State College. [7] McDonald settled in Paris in 1995 to work first as an international attorney and then as a writer, until she died of cancer in 2007. [8] [9]
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