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	USC College : News : September 2006 : Janet Fitch
		Janet Fitch weaves metaphor into her storytelling like Vincent van Gogh fuses bold, swirling brushstrokes into his oil painting.
		Fitch blamed the seven-year gap between novels mainly on a book she was writing that didn’t jell.
		Fitch, who was going through a divorce, instead selected a story that examines the emotional and psychological consequences of loss.
	www.usc.edu /schools/college/news/september_2006/janet_fitch.html (907 words)

	BookPage Interview September 2006: Janet Fitch
		According to Janet Fitch, the overwhelming success of her previous novel White Oleander, an Oprah pick, was a mixed blessing.
		Fitch had been a history major at Reed College until her 21st birthday, the day she decided to become a novelist.
		Fitch also proves adept at exploring the nuances of the class divide that separates the untutored, working-class Josie Tyrell from the cultured, sophisticated Meredith Loewy.
	www.bookpage.com /0609bp/janet_fitch.html (885 words)

	Authors: Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		anet Fitch was born in Los Angeles, a third-generation native, and grew up in a family of voracious readers.
		As an undergraduate at Reed College, Fitch had decided to become an historian, attracted to its powerful narratives, the scope of events, the colossal personalities, and the potency and breadth of its themes.
		It had not occurred to Fitch to extend the story, but she decided to take a chance on this advice and wrote her novel.
	www.twbookmark.com /authors/80/1565/index.html (681 words)

	Amazon.de: White Oleander.: English Books: Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Astrid Magnussen, the teenage narrator of Janet Fitch's engrossing first novel, White Oleander, has a mother who is as sharp as a new knife.
		Fitch is a splendid stylist; her prose is graceful and witty; the dialogue, especially Astrid's distinctive utterances and loopy adages, has a seductive pull.
		Fitch displays remarkable artistic and psychological maturity throughout, skillfully making use of metaphors (like the beautifully poisonous oleander, Ingrids signature flower) to illuminate her central theme: the longing for order and connection in a world where even the most intimate bonds can be broken in an instant.
	www.amazon.de /Oleander-Janet-Fitch/dp/product-description/0316182540 (1707 words)

	Reader Views - Paint it Black Janet Fitch
		The smell of his laundry; the feel of sitting in his chair by the window; the sound of his favorite song or poem; the taste of the mint from the garden that they grew together; the look of Meredith’s eyelashes on her cheek that resembles her son’s.
		Fitch utilizes all of the senses in her descriptions.
		If Janet Fitch is going to write something, she is going to write it well.
	www.readerviews.com /ReviewFitchPaintitBlack.html (557 words)

	Amazon.com: Paint It Black: A Novel: Books: Janet Fitch (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fitch excels at painting a negative personality with sure-handed depth and fairness, and her prose penetrates the inner lives of the two with immediacy and bite.
		I waited and waited for Janet Fitch to write another novel, as I think she may be cast as one of the best writers of our age.
		Fitch delves into the ravages of grief and the way people process the death of a loved one in all its brutal agony and violent mixture of emotions.
	www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /exec/obidos/ASIN/0316182745/npr-5-20 (2373 words)

	Printed Matter -- Janet Fitch -- Page
		At least, that's what Fitch says and she believes that's one reason her first novel is such a success.
		Fitch never had doubts about her talent, but that's quite different from having confidence about being published.
		Fitch considers each book or story she writes to be a problem.
	www.dcn.davis.ca.us /go/gizmo/2000/janet.html (743 words)

	Janet Fitch's second novel proves her stunning debut was no fluke
		Janet Fitch's second novel proves her stunning debut was no fluke
		Using L.A.'s 1980s punk-rock scene as a vivid backdrop, Fitch chronicles the heartache of Josie, a model and runaway who is just learning about the death of her artist boyfriend, Michael, as the novel opens.
		When the P-I reached Fitch by phone during the Chicago leg of her multicity book tour, the friendly author revealed just how much she had in common with her own characters when she was in her early 20s.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /books/287644_book06.html (815 words)

	Home Page for Janet Fitch
		Janet Fitch was born in Los Angeles, a third-generation native, and grew up in a family of voracious readers.
		Interestingly enough, the story was rejected from The Ontario Review with a note from Joyce Carol Oates, long a literary hero of Fitch’s, saying that while she enjoyed it, it seemed more like the first chapter of a novel than a short story.
		It had never occurred to Fitch to extend the story, but, armed with this advice, she decided to take a chance and write the novel.
	www.literati.net /Fitch (506 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: White Oleander: Books: Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Janet Fitch tells the moving and complicated story of Astrid, a child raised in a potent world of beauty and destruction.
		Fitch writes with tragic passion and charisma, making the characters and their broken worlds dance with life and colour.
		Fitch makes the book especially enjoyable, by combining a high lexis and sentence structure with beautifully descriptive use of language.
	www.amazon.co.uk /White-Oleander-Janet-Fitch/dp/1860498043 (1520 words)

	Bookreporter.com - PAINT IT BLACK by Janet Fitch
		Janet Fitch's dark, emotionally raw debut novel, WHITE OLEANDER, was an early Oprah's Book Club selection and became an instant bestseller, even being adapted into a feature film.
		It's been several years since then, but her second novel, PAINT IT BLACK, proves that Fitch is as sharp as ever, with intensive character studies and emotional intensity that draws readers into the near-claustrophobic circle of consuming grief and loss.
		But by the time Josie and Meredith start talking to each other, Fitch has, as if by magic, drawn readers into her study of two very different, not particularly likable women.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/0316182745.asp (609 words)

	Janet Fitch : Paint It Black : Book Review
		As Josie struggles to rebuild her life without Michael, the controlling ice-queen Meredith Loewy enters the scene, and the two women—the two who loved Michael best and who are struggling to survive his death--form a relationship, and a dangerous, destructive and seductive game of cat and mouse begins to take place….
		In Josie, Fitch has once again created a tough, independent, and unforgettable female character—a woman who will survive in spite of the odds against her.
		Fitch lives in Los Angeles and currently teaches fiction writing in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the Universityof Southern California.
	www.mostlyfiction.com /contemp/fitch.htm (1011 words)

	White Oleander / Filmmakers / Author: Janet Fitch
		JANET FITCH (Author) published her debut novel, White Oleander, in 1999.
		A third-generation resident of Los Angeles, Fitch graduated from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, majoring in history.
		She is the author of a young adult novel, Kicks, and teaches writing through the UCLA Writing Program, Cal State Fullerton, and privately in the Los Angeles area.
	whiteoleander.warnerbros.com /wb.wo.filmmakers.jf.html (252 words)

	living read girl: On the Shelf with Janet Fitch
		When Janet Fitch's first novel,White Oleander,became an Oprah Book Club selection,it was a boon to readers everywhere.
		Fitch's latest book,Paint It Black,also has two women in turmoil-Josie,an art school model and Meredith,a wealthy classic pianist who are both in mourning after the man they both love commits suicide.
		Janet Fitch has a new novel and she wants to Paint It Black
	livingreadgirl.blogspot.com /2006/09/on-shelf-with-janet-fitch.html (847 words)

	Bookburger: janet fitch
		We'll be giving away a copy of Janet Fitch's new novel Paint It Black to a member of our B-List---and a SET of Paint It Black and Fitch's BIG (we're talking Oprah-pick big) bestseller White Oleander to a new member (everyone who signs up anytime between today and October 31 will be eligible).
		Janet Fitch wrote White Oleander first, then Paint It Black, her awesome new novel about a young punk-rock chick in Los Angeles who loses the love of her life.
		The Janet Fitch Burger: a burger with a hole in the middle, stuffed with something dark, like olives.
	bookburger.typepad.com /bookburger/janet_fitch/index.html (1198 words)

	LAist: LAist Interview: Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1999, Los Angeles writer Janet Fitch's first novel White Oleander became a national bestseller, aided in part by its selection as a title read by Oprah Winfrey's influential book club.
		Deemed an "overnight success" at the age of 43, Janet obtained fame and recognition after spending more than 20 years quietly honing her craft as a writer.
		Janet teaches fiction writing at the University of Southern California’s Masters of Professional Writing program and has just finished the manuscript for her latest novel Paint It Black, which Little, Brown will publish in September 2006.
	www.laist.com /archives/2006/01/23/laist_interview_janet_fitch.php (1267 words)

	Spirited Woman Circle Launches with White Oleander Author Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fitch has never done a teleseminar before and she rarely does interviews.
		In her 1-hour conversation, she will talk about her 20 years of rejections before Oprah, how phenomenal recognition has changed her life, the highs, the lows, her new book “Paint It Black,” how you should never give up, and more.
		Presented by Spirited Woman, http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com a growing and highly-inspirational woman’s empowerment community, the Spirited Woman Circle is an interactive conversation series, meant to uplift women and convey the message that anything is possible in your life and career.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/2/emw345814.htm (537 words)

	White Oleander Essay by Janet Fitch \| Student Essays
		Considers how the presence of nurturing parents is an important factor that helps in the growing of personal independence and is the basis for emotional stability.
		It is a novel that describes the life of Astrid, a teen girl that had to experience abuse, sexual awakening, grief and occasionally a glimmer of love.
		The role of nurturing parents in a family is an important factor that helps in the growing of personal independen.....
	www.bookrags.com /essay-2005/6/3/11446/81062 (176 words)

	BookFox: Janet Fitch's Sophomore Effort
		Janet Fitch is a very nice woman, although she's a bit too particular about her tastes in literature (It's one thing to dislike E.L. Doctorow, it's another to insist he can't write a sentence).
		Fitch has gotten past the sophomore hump and can start on her next offering.
		Update: Fitch just rose to #1 on the L.A. Times bestseller list on 10/8 (from five last week).
	bookfox.blogspot.com /2006/10/janet-fitchs-sophomore-effort.html (315 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Janet Fitch - Paint It Black at Epinions.com
		When I read Janet Fitch’s novel, White Oleander, during the summer, I devoured the book and savored its content.
		Fitch crafted characters with such depth and believability that I became an immediate fan of Fitch’s work.
		So, taking my own advice concerning brevity, my final point is that Paint it Black, the third and most recent novel by author Janet Fitch, is a work I highly anticipated reading after I completed her outstanding work White Oleander.
	www.epinions.com /content_295308201604 (1019 words)

	Janet Fitch
		Janet Fitch has secured a major place in the hearts of American readers with her first novel WHITE OLEANDER following the book's selection by Oprah Winfrey for her Book Club.
		WHITE OLEANDER is an unforgettable story of mothers and daughters, burgeoning sexuality, the redemptive powers of art, and the unstoppable force of the emergent self.
		Janet Fitch is a third-generation resident of Los Angeles.
	www.chelseaforum.com /speakers/Fitch.htm (311 words)

	Lingual Tremors: Janet Fitch: The Anti-Feminist Feminist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		While Olsen's work was a testament to working-class women during the depression, both protagonists in Fitch's work are self-absorbed.
		They don't have perfect lives--in fact Fitch's oeuvre is based on lives that are far from perfect.
		In fact, as I write this, I think Fitch's characters are more like Hemingway's Bret with her beautiful, self-destructive drive.
	fervidus.typepad.com /lingual_tremors/2006/12/janet_fitch_the.html (570 words)

	City Pages - Janet Fitch: <I>White Oleander</I>
		Janet Malcolm: The Crime of Sheila McGough (Mar 24, 1999)
		Fitch's creation, Los Angeles poet Ingrid Magnussen, is an Aryan beauty with a few published collections of poetry to her name and a venomous view of the human race.
		Indeed, Fitch hatches such a barrage of tragic circumstances that the reader may feel like screaming, "Enough!" But Fitch successfully reins in the melodrama while treating female coming of age as a long succession of betrayals and injuries, with only the briefest glimmers of happiness.
	www.citypages.com /detail.asp?ArticleID=7733 (694 words)

	eReader.com: Author: Janet Fitch
		Janet Fitch was born in Los Angeles, a third–generation native, and grew up in a family of voracious readers.
		But when she won a student exchange to Keele University in England, where her passion for Russian history led her, she awoke in the middle of the night on her twenty–first birthday with the revelation she wanted to write fiction.
		Notify me when new books by Janet Fitch are released.
	www.ereader.com /author/detail/13539?author=Janet_Fitch (534 words)

	FictionAddiction.NET - Industry Interview: Janet Fitch
		Janet Fitch's debut novel, White Oleander, made her an instant success and a fan favorite.
		As she sat down to write her next novel, she found herself facing the blank page and new struggles.
		Fitch makes it clear she writes for herself first because writing is her passion.
	interviews.fictionaddiction.net /janetfitch.html (650 words)

	The Books: Paint It Black by Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		From the bestselling author of White Oleander, a powerful story of passion, first love, and a young woman's search for a true world in the aftermath of loss.
		With the luxurious prose and emotional intensity that are her hallmarks, Janet Fitch has written a spellbinding new novel about love, betrayal, and the possibility of transcendence.
		Warner Books, its imprints with the name "Warner," and the W logo are trademarks of Time Warner Inc. or an affiliated company.
	www.twbookmark.com /books/13/1594835683/index.html (289 words)

	Books by Janet Fitch
		Despite a fierce mutual enmity, the two women find themselves drawn into an eerie relationship reflecting equal parts distrust and blind need.
		From Janet: Here are the works that informed Paint It Black (ran in September 2006 issue of Poets and Writers)
		We live in the creative products of our civilization no less than we live in a house on a street in a city in a country at a certain time in history.
	literati.net /Fitch/FitchBooks.htm (1209 words)

	Amazon.ca: White Oleander: Books: Janet Fitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		by Janet Fitch (Author) "THE SANTA ANAS blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw..." (more)
		For me, the combination of Astrid (the main character), her tormented life, and the other-worldly beauty of Janet Fitch's writing style left me wanting more.
		Fitch's detailed and almost surreal prose made me stop and smell the roses.
	www.amazon.ca /White-Oleander-Janet-Fitch/dp/1410400816 (1825 words)

	White Oleander by Janet Fitch
		'White Orleander', is a beautifully written novel by Janet Fitch.
		She takes you on a journey many of us never have experienced, into a life that despite all, may not be so different then our own, as we struggle to find our place in this world!
		Janet Fitch writes with extraordinary detail and breathtaking beauty.
	members.tripod.com /wiendog/cgi-bin/White_Oleander_c.html (486 words)

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