Charlie Barshaw interviewed me about my kids’ books for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators of Michigan. The interview appears today in The Mitten at https://scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/writer-spotlight-janet-ruth-heller.html Thank you to Charlie and the SCBWI-MI! #picturebook #middlegradebook #bullyingprevention #self-esteem #solarsystem #siblingrivalry Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Darren Goodman
My poems “A Woman Prophet” and “The Bond of Gratitude” just appeared in the anthology Covenant of Justice: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations from Women of Reform Judaism, Boston: Women of Reform Judaism and the CCAR Press, 2025 on pages 4 and 96. This collection features writing by many women. The book is unusual in not putting authors' names next to their poems and not including any biographical statements or even listing authors' websites. While I like the idea of a collective women's anthology, I also believe that writers' individual voices are important too. Edit Image Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Diane Joy Schmidt