{{Short description|American writer and attorney}} {{Infobox writer | name = Brenda Janowitz | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|June|22}} | birth_place = Long Island, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Author | alma_mater = {{ubl|Cornell University|Hofstra Law}} | period = 2007–present | genre = | subject = Fiction | notableworks = | website = {{URL|brendajanowitz.com}} }} '''Brenda Janowitz''' (born June 22, 1973) is an American writer and attorney.
== Biography == Janowitz was born in the state of New York on June 22, 1973.<ref name=":1">"Brenda Janowitz." ''Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors''. Gale, 2017. ''Gale Literature Resource Center''. Retrieved April 18, 2023.</ref> She is Jewish.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wexler |first=Jennie |title=Home Isn't a Place: A Conversation with Brenda Janowitz |url=https://literarymama.com/articles/departments/2023/03/home-isnt-a-place-a-conversation-with-brenda-janowitz |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Literary Mama |language=en-US}}</ref> She grew up on the South Shore of Long Island; she later used it as the setting for some of her novels.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=February 27, 2022 |title=Talking with Brenda Janowitz |pages=C10 |work=Newsday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123095601/talking-with-brenda-janowitz/ |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref>
Janowitz graduated from Cornell University in 1995. She attended law school at Hofstra University. She worked as an attorney for years.<ref name=":1" />
One of Janowitz's favorite books is ''The Inn at Lake Devine'' by Elinor Lipman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janowitz |first=Brenda |date=November 27, 2017 |title=30 Days, 30 Authors: Brenda Janowitz |url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/30-days-30-authors-brenda-janowitz |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Jewish Book Council |language=en}}</ref>
She has written articles for ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janowitz |first=Brenda |date=2015-03-06 |title=After a Fire, Learning to Cook Again, One Grilled Cheese at a Time |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/after-a-fire-learning-to-cook-again-one-grilled-cheese-at-a-time/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Motherlode Blog |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Janowitz |first=Brenda |date=2019-11-15 |title=He's Never Going to Put Away That Shirt |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/style/modern-love-not-putting-away-shirt.html |access-date=2023-05-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''Publishers Weekly''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janowitz {{!}} |first=Brenda |title=We Regret to Inform You |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/69044-we-regret-to-inform-you.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Janowitz {{!}} |first=Brenda |title=Chasing Mr. Big |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/12406-chasing-mr-big.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>'', The New York Post,''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-31 |title=MR. WEDDING PLANNER |url=https://nypost.com/2009/05/31/mr-wedding-planner/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> Maria Shriver Sunday Paper,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-13 |title=Author Brenda Janowitz Just Lost Her Mother. What One Community of Women Did to Support Her Is Beautiful |url=https://www.mariashriversundaypaper.com/brenda-janowitz/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=The Sunday Paper PLUS |language=en}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'',<ref>{{Cite news |title=I was pregnant at a funeral — and superstitious. Did I mention superstitious? |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/10/22/i-was-pregnant-at-a-funeral-and-superstitious-did-i-mention-superstitious/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Getting over our fears — for our kids' sakes |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/04/02/getting-over-our-fears-for-our-kids-sakes/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Perspective {{!}} Pandemic baking for my son helped me realize it's not about the cinnamon rolls |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/04/09/pandemic-baking-son-love/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> ''The Sunday Times'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Janowitz |first=Brenda |title=What I learnt from my quest for the perfect 'meet cute' |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/sex-relationships/article/what-i-learnt-from-my-quest-for-the-perfect-meet-cute-66fdrjc8j |access-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''Redbook'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-05 |title=I Desperately Wanted a Daughter |url=https://www.redbookmag.com/life/mom-kids/a44041/wanted-a-daughter/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Redbook |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Salon'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janowitz |first=Brenda |date=2015-01-19 |title=He never hit me, but I could no longer take his abuse |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/01/19/he_never_hit_me_but_i_could_no_longer_take_his_abuse/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Salon |language=en}}</ref> ''Bustle'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=I'll Never Do NaNoWriMo, Because I Know My Own Limitations And Strengths As A Writer |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/196280-ill-never-do-nanowrimo-because-i-know-my-own-limitations-and-strengths-as-a-writer |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Bustle |date=21 November 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How My Boyfriend's 'Perfect' Working Mother Helped Me Better Appreciate My Own Stay-At-Home Mom |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/178724-how-my-boyfriends-perfect-working-mother-helped-me-better-appreciate-my-own-stay-at-home-mom |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Bustle |date=15 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref> ''Popsugar'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brenda Janowitz |url=https://www.popsugar.com/author/brenda-janowitz |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Popsugar |language=en}}</ref> and ''Writer's Digest''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janowitz |first=Brenda |date=January 1, 2016 |title=We Regret to Inform You |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/69044-we-regret-to-inform-you.html |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Janowitz |first=Brenda |date=January 12, 2009 |title=Chasing Mr. Big |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/12406-chasing-mr-big.html |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Janowitz |first=Brenda |date=December 10, 2014 |title=Novel Writing: 10 Questions You Need to Ask Your Characters |url=https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/novel-writing-10-questions-you-need-to-ask-your-characters |journal=Writer's Digest |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref>
In addition to her earlier works such as ''The Lonely Hearts Club'' and ''The Dinner Party'', Janowitz has written three novels inspired by stars and films of Hollywood's golden age: ''The Grace Kelly Dress'', ''The Liz Taylor Ring'', and ''The Audrey Hepburn Estate''. ''Kirkus Reviews'' called ''The Liz Taylor Ring'' "a fun, flirty, well-paced sibling-inheritance story" and called the author's note in ''The Audrey Hepburn Estate'' "fascinating".<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brenda-janowitz/the-liz-taylor-ring/ |title=The Liz Taylor Ring |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
The Audrey Hepburn Estate" by Brenda Janowitz has been selected as the next read for the [https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/book-club/ CBS New York Book Club with Mary Calvi].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find out next readers' choice for CBS New Book Club with Mary Calvi |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/essentials/find-out-the-next-readers-choice-for-the-cbs-new-book-club-with-mary-calvi/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=25 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Selected works ==
* ''Recipe for a Happy Life''. St. Martin's Press, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamb |first=Joyce |date=July 2, 2013 |title=Click here for newer inspirationals and women's fiction |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2013/07/02/inspirational-romance-womens-fiction-new-releases-july-2013/2480575/ |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Lonely Hearts Club''. Polis Books, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Lonely Hearts Club |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-lonely-hearts-club |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Library Journal}}</ref> * ''The Dinner Party''. St. Martin's Griffin, 2016.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brenda-janowitz/the-dinner-party/ |title=The Dinner Party |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Dinner-Party-Brenda-Janowitz/pid=7879084 |title=Dinner Party, by Brenda Janowitz |publisher=Booklist Online |access-date=April 18, 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 2016 |title=A seder goes hilariously wrong in Brenda Janowitz's 'Dinner party |pages=57 |work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123095554/a-seder-goes-hilariously-wrong-in/ |access-date=2023-04-18}}</ref> * ''The Grace Kelly Dress''. Graydon House, 2020.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brenda-janowitz/the-grace-kelly-dress/ |title=The Grace Kelly Dress |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Living Grace Fully - Fiction, Jan. 2020 |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/ljx200101GraceKelly |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Library Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Grace Kelly Dress |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-grace-kelly-dress |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Library Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Grace-Kelly-Dress-By-Brenda-Janowitz/pid=9726280 |title=Grace Kelly Dress, by Brenda Janowitz |publisher=Booklist Online |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 8, 2020 |title='Grace Kelly dress" redefines a classic storybook ending |pages=AA7 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123095666/grace-kelly-dress-redefines-a-classic/ |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Winik |first=Marion |title=LI's Brenda Janowitz talks about 'The Grace Kelly Dress' |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/brenda-janowitz-the-grace-kelly-dress-l90615 |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Newsday |date=3 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * ''The Liz Taylor Ring''. Graydon House, 2022.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Liz Taylor Ring |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-liz-taylor-ring-1785363 |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Library Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Liz-Taylor-Ring-By-Brenda-Janowitz/pid=9751193 |title=Liz Taylor Ring, by Brenda Janowitz |publisher=Booklist Online |access-date=April 18, 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> * ''The Audrey Hepburn Estate''. St. Martin's Griffin, 2023.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brenda-janowitz/the-audrey-hepburn-estate/ |title=The Audrey Hepburn Estate |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Audrey Hepburn Estate |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-audrey-hepburn-estate-1795933 |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 18, 2023 |website=Library Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Minsker |first=Melissa |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Audrey-Hepburn-Estate-By-Brenda-Janowitz/pid=9773504 |title=Audrey Hepburn Estate, by Brenda Janowitz |publisher=Booklist |access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref>
=== Brooke Miller series ===
* ''Scot on The Rocks: How I Survived My Ex-Boyfriend's Wedding with My Dignity Ever-So Slightly Intact''. Red Dress Ink, 2007.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Scot-on-the-Rocks-Brenda-Janowitz/pid=1956517 |title=Scot on the Rocks, by Brenda Janowitz |publisher=Booklist Online |access-date=April 18, 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * ''Jack with a Twist: Engaging Your Adversary and Other Things They Don't Teach You in Law School''. Red Dress Ink, 2008.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Jack-with-a-Twist-Brenda-Janowitz/pid=2805415 |title=Jack with a Twist, by Brenda Janowitz |publisher=Booklist Online |access-date=April 18, 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * ''Hollywood Punch''. Polis Books, 2014. (novella)
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.brendajanowitz.com/}} * [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/241404.Brenda_Janowitz Brenda Janowitz] on Goodreads
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