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Janis Cooke Newman is the author of the Bay Area Bestseller, Mary (published in hardcover by MacAdam/Cage, and in paperback by Harcourt), a historical novel about Mary Todd Lincoln. Mary was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, chosen as USA Today's Best Historical Fiction of the Year, and a Booksense Year-End Highlight. Newman is also the author of The Russian Word for Snow (St. Martin's Press, 2001), a memoir about adopting her son from a Moscow orphanage. Her writing has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Secret Lives of Lawfully Wedded Wives (Inner Ocean, 2006) and four Travelers' Tales editions.
Newman's travel writing has been published in numerous newspapers and magazines, including the NY Times, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Backpacker.
Janis Cooke Newman is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, where she teaches classes in creative writing. She is also on the advisory board of Litquake.
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