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About Janet Rich Edwards

Janet Rich Edwards is the author of Canticle, a People magazine Book of the Week, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and a Real Simple Best Book of the Year. The historical fiction novel was also longlisted for the Carol Shield Prize for Fiction.

On Fawning for Blurbs

Janet Rich Edwards / November 4, 2026 / no comments

“Right now, I’d probably autopsy your brain if I could figure out how you do it. Sorry. Grim.” This is an actual sentence from an email I sent to a famous writer. I like to think I’m immune to celebrity….

AN INTERVIEW WITH LILY KING, AUTHOR OF WRITERS & LOVERS

Janet Rich Edwards / March 3, 2020 / 5 comments

When I got my hands on an Advance Reader Copy of Lily King’s new novel, Writers & Lovers (Grove Press, 2020), I paused – about a nanosecond – before opening it. Our Novel Incubator class had lovingly dissected King’s last…