About Jane

Jane Hertenstein is a Pushcart nominee and the author of a middle-grade novel, Cloud of Witnesses and YA novel, Beyond Paradise. Her non-fiction Orphan Girl was widely reviewed and featured in the Chicago Tribune Sunday Book Section. Her work has been recognized by the New York Times. She has in her portfolio over 100 published stories both macro and micro: fiction, creative non-fiction, and blurred genre. She’s an alum of Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference waitstaff, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Amanda Davis Award, Wesleyan Writers’ Conference. Jane is the recipient of multiple grants from the Illinois Arts Council and City of Chicago. Every year she rides her bike hundreds of miles and currently resides in the piney woods of Michigan. She teaches a workshop on Flash Memoir. Find out more at

https://janehertenstein.substack.com/

Her life motto is Do Everything with your One Wild and Precious Life.

http://www.facebook.com/JaneHertensteinAuthor/

link to my Other Writing, list of publications: https://memoirouswrite.blogspot.com/p/other-writings.html

Writing is a lot about the unknown. I start with an idea and end up somewhere else. What began as a child applying marks to a page has continued into adulthood as a way of self-expression. Through story, I feel the lifeblood of the universe pulsing in my fingers. Maybe not all the time, but enough to keep me at the keyboard, tapping away. Often that creative spark sets me on fire.

Let’s begin an adventure together!