Friday, October 3, 2014

Jane St. Clair's First Novel Propelled Her Way Beyond Midnight Into Shiny Stardom

By Elsa Noel


One of the most versatile, acclaimed and well-published writers in modern time, this author admits she has been writing all her life and can't even remember what she did before the writing bug ensnared her at the age of five. Equally adept at describing heartwarming sunsets in Arizona, writing hard core news on politics and finances, writing short stories for children or a suspense thriller, multiple-awarded Jane St. Clair's fruit of the pen is as colorful and versatile as her own personal life.

This versatile and talented writer started her journalism career in the poverty-stricken ghettos of Chicago where she became the voice for those who had no voice. Having lost both parents and a sister to cancer in hospices, she has first-hand knowledge and experience of the plight of cancer patients on proverbial death row in these settings.

Losing her father, mother and sister to cancer in depressing hospice circumstances widened her outlook on the controversy of assisted suicide and involuntarily lead to her very first novel. The highly acclaimed Walk me to Midnight is a potent mixture of hair-raising suspense and actual social controversy in which Jane's personal antagonism against any form of assisted suicide is clearly portrayed.

Best-selling author Truman Capote has a significant influence on her life and writing. Although she rates most authors a mere 3 out of 5 for being average, she also has her 5-star heroes such as the all-time word magicians William Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Jane Austen and other gurus whom she admires.

Jane is a self-confessed compulsive reader who quips she must have written half of what is on the internet today - including Blog Posts, advertisements, press releases and political speeches. You name it, this versatile and passionate writer has written about it! More than 50 of her children's stories and 21 children's books had been published - no small feat for a seasoned journalist and freelance writer who has also written hundreds of website articles on any possible subject under the sun - including a series on bullying.

A self-confessed compulsive reader who loves all books, but finds most very average, she is inspired by the great masters such as Shakespeare and Truman Capote. Some of her best stories were included in the two acclaimed collections Times Of Grace, Times Of Sorrow, and Mourning Sickness.

Her series about financial literacy was a mammoth hit on the internet and received various national awards. Her collections of short stories and essays were published in literary magazines. One of these collections, Times of Grace, Times of Sorrow, is about the American heartlands and was published by the University of Nebraska.

Jane's stories and books have won many prestigious awards and accolades - including first place in the international True Life Story contest, Writers Network contest, American Accolades and a contest for television writing. She is also a semi-finalist in the 2014 Ruminate Contest.




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