Janet E Elliott

Since I was a child, I have had a very vivid imagination. In 1996, I moved from Dover, Delaware to Kalispell, Montana to help my best friend start a church. Wanting to get our children involved in plays and skits, I had to write them myself because I could not find published material for a handful of children. This transferred into writing my first book from the idea of my first published book in the Bailey's Treehouse Adventures - The Talent Show. I held onto the draft for several years because I was scared that no one would be interested in the story I wrote. My mom was living in Montana with me and I gave her a draft of the book. She began telling everyone she knew that her daughter was an author. I still didn't have faith in myself. In 2012, my mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 Liver Cancer. The prognosis was 3-8 months. She passed away 10 days later. I decided that if my mom believed in me, that was all that mattered. So I published the first book. I received a good response from the book, so I started with the next book in the series, Pen Pals. Then the 3rd book was published entitled Class President. The characters are named after my family and friends. Many of the experiences were things that I had done or the way I felt.