Janet Tashjian is an American writer living in Los Angeles. Her

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and

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fiction is published by Henry Holt and Company. Her books often incorporate different formats and play with the line between fiction and non-fiction. She is the mother of Jake Tashjian, who illustrated her ''My Life'' and ''Einstein the Class Hamster'' series.

Books

Stand-alone fiction

* 1997: ''

Tru Confessions ''Tru Confessions'' is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Paul Hoen and is based on the book of the same name by Janet Tashjian. Tru Walker ( Clara Bryant) aspires to be a famous filmmaker. She has a twin brother Eddie (Shia LaBeouf) ...

'' (which was adapted for a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie: ''

'') * 1999: ''Multiple Choice'' *1999: ''Felicity: Summer'' *2003: ''Fault Line'' * 2012: ''

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''Larry'' series

* 2001: '' The Gospel According to Larry'' * 2004: '' Vote for Larry'' * 2008: '' Larry and the Meaning of Life''

''My Life'' series

* 2010: '' My Life as a Book'' * 2011: ''My Life as a Stuntman'' * 2013: ''My Life as a Cartoonist'' * 2014: ''My Life as a Joke'' * 2015: ''My Life as a Gamer'' * 2017: ''My Life as a Ninja'' * 2018: ''My Life as a

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'' * 2019: ''My Life as a Meme'' * 2020: ''My Life as a Coder'' * 2021: ''My Life as a Billionaire'' * 2022: ''My Life as a Tik Tok Star''

''Einstein the Class Hamster'' series

* 2013: ''Einstein the Class Hamster'' * 2014: ''Einstein the Class Hamster and the Very Real Game Show'' * 2015: ''Einstein the Class Hamster Saves the Library''

''Sticker Girl'' series

* 2016: ''Sticker Girl'' * 2017: ''Sticker Girl Rules the School'' * 2018: ''Sticker Girl and the Cupcake Challenge''

''Marty Frye, Private Eye'' series

* 2017: ''Marty Frye, Private Eye'' * 2017: ''Marty Frye, Private Eye: The Case of the Stolen Poodle'' * 2018: ''Marty Frye, Private Eye: The Case of the Busted Video Games''

Adaptations

Tashjian's works have been translated into several languages. Her novel ''

'' was adapted into a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Clara Bryant and

Shia LaBeouf Shia Saide LaBeouf (; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He played Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series ''Even Stevens'', a role for which he received Young Artist Award nominations in 2001 and ...

References

External links

Official siteAuthor biography at Macmillan Books
American children's writers Living people 1956 births American women novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers American people of Armenian descent 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers {{US-novelist-1950s-stub