Janez Bleiweis was a Slovene conservative politician, journalist, physician, veterinarian, and public figure. He was the leader of the so-called Old Slovene political movement. Already during his lifetime, he was called father of the nation.
Janez Trdina was a Slovene writer and historian. The renowned author Ivan Cankar described him as the best Slovene stylist of his period. He was an ardent describer of the Gorjanci Ridge and of the Lower Carniolan region of Slovenia. Trdina Peak, the highest peak of Gorjanci Ridge, situated on the border between southeastern Slovenia and Croatia, was named for him in 1923.
Janice Galloway FRSL is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories, prose-poetry, non-fiction and libretti. ??In 2023, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Janice Kaplan is an American novelist, magazine editor, and television producer. Kaplan served as the Editor-in-Chief of Parade magazine (2007–2010), the Sunday newspaper supplement with a circulation of 32 million. Kaplan is the author of fifteen books and hosts a podcast about gratitude.
Janice Kulyk Keefer is a Canadian novelist and poet. Of Ukrainian heritage, Kulyk Keefer often writes about the experiences of first-generation Canadian children of immigrants.
Janice Marriott is a writer, editor, audio producer, screenwriter, creative writing tutor and mentor, manuscript assessor, poet and gardener. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or won awards and she has also been the recipient of a number of writing residencies, as well as the prestigious Margaret Mahy Medal in 2018. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
Janice May Udry was an American author of children's literature, primarily of picture books. She was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University in 1950. Her first widely-published book, A Tree is Nice, was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1957 for Marc Simont's illustrations. She was a member of the American Association of University Women and her papers are held at the University of Southern Mississippi.
