While Janet Kleinman, wrote press releases and corporate brochures, and later taught middle-school children how to write, she dreamed of becoming a novelist. During that time, she married, raised two children, traveled, became a grandmother and retired to Florida. Today she is an active member of The Writer’s Studio, in South Florida, and VP for Education for Ema Hadassah. Her recently published works include profiles of Jay Feinberg (CEO of Gift of Life and a leukemia survivor--), and the deceased diplomat Max Kampelman for “lifestyles” magazine.” David Neeleman, the founder of Jet Blue, filmmaker, Eitan Gorlin, and others were also profiled in the SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES.. She writes a monthly column for Ema Haddasah’s bulletin. Her short story, A FIRST BOYFRIEND, won a prize from Writer’s Digest Magazine. That was the original motivation for the novel FLIRTING WITH DISASTER WHEN LOVE AND NATURE COLLIDE that was published by Brighton Publishing 1n 2012. She has just completed a new novel, a family s saga that contains universal elements for the underprivileged and families caught up in revolutions and wars. and yearn to escape to a better country.