Bell' from A Suitcase of Seaweed was selected to appear on 5,000 subway and bus posters as part of the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority's 'Poetry in Motion' program, and was later highlighted on the Hallmark Channel’s 'New Morning' show. Poems from Behind the Wheel have been performed on a car-talk radio show. Janet's poems and stories have been featured in many textbooks and anthologies, and also in some more unusual venues. Her successful switch from law to children’s literature has been the subject of several articles and television programs, most notably an O Magazine article, a 'Remembering Your Spirit' segment on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' and the Fine Living Channel’s 'Radical Sabbatical.' After practicing corporate and labor law for a few years for GTE and Universal Studios Hollywood, she made a dramatic career change-choosing to write for young people instead. from Yale Law School, where she was a director of the Yale Law and Technology Association and worked for New Haven Legal Aid. in History and College Honors, Janet then obtained her J.D. When she returned from France, Janet founded the UCLA Immigrant Children's Art Project, a program focused on teaching refugee children to express themselves through art.Īfter graduating from UCLA, summa cum laude, with a B.A. As part of her undergraduate program at UCLA, she spent her junior year in France, studying art history at the Université de Bordeaux. Wong was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in Southern and Northern California.

Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet S. Wong