My Favorite Treasure Coast Authors
Ray Gustavson - A Thirst for Way
Author Biography
Janet Sierzant was born in New York. She relocated to Georgia in 1983 and graduated from Kennesaw State University. She now lives in Vero Beach as a writer and member of the Treasure Coast Writer's Guild.
Organizations:
New York Writer's Workshop
Georgia Writer's Association
Atlanta Writer's Club
Florida Writer's Association
Treasure Coast Writer's Guild
Atlanta Franchise Alliance
Write By Night - Vero Beach
Brooklyn Writers
New York Week-end Writers
Assoc of Independent Authors
Awards:
3rd Place Georgia Writer of the year 2008
Gemini Joe
Nominee for Georgia Author of the Year 2009
May 2008 1st Place GWA Monthly Contest
June 2008 1st Place GWA Monthly Contest
Atlanta Writer's Club
2nd Place Short Story 2009 Carving out an Identiy
Atlanta Writers Club Fall Memoir Writing Contest 2009
Amour d'hiver
First Place Poetry2009 Paris Book Festival Award - NYC
My Purrfect Persian
2010 Florida Royal Palm Literacy Award
Gemini Joe -
After years of distancing herself from her alcoholic father, Janet received a letter that promised to lead her on a journey of understanding and forgiveness. Included was a poem that showed a different side of him—a side that was unfamiliar. Janet didn't know much about him or his family, and her curiosity began to grow. She decided to correspond with the man that she had shut out of her life.
Based on actual tapes, poems and letters, the story focuses on “Gemini Joe,” From his childhood years, through Joe’s own words and writings. He reveals his family’s darkest secrets, and the contents of his soul. Janet learns about the physical and emotional abuse her father suffered in his childhood, but would it be enough for his daughter to forgive him?
That Janet Sierzant can write with unflinching honesty about her subject while still conveying tenderness is an achievement.
- Ralph Tejeda Wilson
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