Janice Kaplan is an American

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, and

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. Kaplan served as the Editor-in-Chief of ''

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'' magazine (2007-2010), the Sunday newspaper supplement with a circulation of 32 million. Kaplan is the author of fifteen books and hosts a

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about

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Early career

Kaplan grew up in

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and attended

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. She began her career as a sports reporter at

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and wrote a monthly sports column for ''

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'' magazine for five years. While in college, she was selected as a Guest Editor at '' Mademoiselle'' magazine and named as one of the Top Ten College Women by '' Glamour'' magazine. She graduated Yale magna cum laude and won the Murray Fellowship to research her first book, ''Women and Sports,'' which was published by

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Books and television

Kaplan is the author and co-author of ten novels and five

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books. Her inspirational memoir "The Gratitude Diaries: How A Year Looking On the Bright Side Transformed My Life" was published by Dutton in August 2015 and became a New York Times bestseller. ''Mine Are Spectacular'' (2005) was a national bestseller that ''

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'' magazine called “a funny, buoyant novel

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whip-smart dialogue.” ''The Botox Diaries'' ( 2004) received attention as a breakthrough for “

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.” Kaplan subsequently wrote two mysteries set in

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featuring a heroine named Lacy Fields. In 2013, she-coauthored the book "I'll See You Again" (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster) which was on the New York Times bestseller list for several weeks. Her non-fiction book "The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World" was published by Dutton in February 2020 to strong reviews. Kaplan published several novels early in her career, often using her experiences as a television producer as background. ''A Morning Affair'' (NAL, 1989) was set in a morning television show, and Kaplan had been a writer and producer at ''

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'' on ABC network from 1982-1986. She later worked as a producer at the syndicated show ''

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'' and was Executive Producer of the TV Guide Television Group, where she created 30

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programs, including ''The TV Guide Awards Show'' on Fox and the series ''

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'' on

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Bibliography

Novels

*''A Job to Kill For'' (2008, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster) *''Looks to Die For'' (2007, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster) *''The Men I Didn’t Marry'' (2006, Ballantine Books/Random House) *''Mine Are Spectacular'' (2005, Ballantine Books/Random House) *''The Botox Diaries'' (2004, Ballantine Books/Random House) *''The Whole Truth'' (1997, NAL paperback) *''Wild Nights'' (1991, St. Martin’s) *''A Morning Affair'' (1989, NAL) *''If You Believe in Me'' (1984, Avon Books) *''First Ride'' (1982, Avon Books)

Non-fiction

*''The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World'' (2020, Dutton Books) *''How Luck Happens'' (2018, Dutton Books) *''The Gratitude Diaries'' (2015, Dutton Books) *''I'lll See You Again'' (2013, Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster) *''Women and Sports'' (1979, Viking) *''10 Journalists Talk About Writing'' (contributor)

References

External links

Janice Kaplan official site''Parade''
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