Janet Bailey

Janet Bailey grew up mostly in Chandler, Arizona. Her parents married at young ages and were divorced before she was five years old. For much of her childhood she lived with her two brothers and her mother who had to work two jobs to make ends meet. As a child Janet spent a lot of her time playing with her siblings, stepsiblings, and many cousins. Like most children, she had a wildly creative and vivid imagination; that combined with some very traumatic events she experienced as a child, caused her to be deathly afraid of the dark until she was sixteen years old when she became a mother for the first time. She will tell you that it was motherhood that forced her to stand up and face her fears head on. Fast forward to today, Janet is the mother of four amazing children and the grandmother of three wonderful grandchildren with one more on the way. Janet and her family live and work in the Northern Nevada area, close to beautiful Lake Tahoe.

Janet believes that frequently reading to your children is an excellent way to bond and connect with them. Reading is not only educational, but it can also be used as a tool to encourage conversations about tough topics such as: Bullying, Facing Your Fears, Accepting differences, Compassion For Others, etc. Janet began writing children’s books shortly after her first grandchild was born. Over the last eight years she has written three books and just recently, with the help of Blueberry Illustrations, she has published her first book, and is looking forward to publishing many more.