Janet Beard

Janet Beard’s Followers (371)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Emily Ting
309 books | 21 friends

Tansel ...
663 books | 81 friends

Katie R...
1,273 books | 91 friends

Donna F...
2,395 books | 4,997 friends

Wendy G
3,851 books | 4,992 friends

Pat
Pat
12,976 books | 68 friends

Elaine ...
2,580 books | 1,076 friends

Steve D...
8,950 books | 2,732 friends

More friends…

Janet Beard

Goodreads Author


Born
Knoxville, TN, The United States
Website

Genre

Member Since
June 2017


Born and raised in East Tennessee, Janet Beard moved to New York to study screenwriting at NYU and went on to earn an MFA in creative writing from The New School. Her first novel, Beneath the Pines, was published in 2008, and her follow-up, The Atomic City Girls became an international bestseller in 2018. Janet's latest novel The Ballad of Laurel Springs was published in October 2021. Janet has lived and worked in Australia, England, Boston, and Columbus, Ohio, where she is currently raising a daughter, and working on a new novel. ...more

To ask Janet Beard questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Janet Beard Hi Julie,

I'm so sorry to have missed this question when you first posted it! Thank you reaching out, and I'm glad you enjoyed the book!

I had a differ…more
Hi Julie,

I'm so sorry to have missed this question when you first posted it! Thank you reaching out, and I'm glad you enjoyed the book!

I had a different title for the book, but my publisher thought 'The Atomic City Girls' would attract more readers. I agree with you that it is not a perfect reflection of the book. But titles are complicated, and ultimately, publishers view them as marketing tools. And I am grateful that this title did appeal to readers.

Big apologies again for taking so long to get to your question!

All the best, and happy reading-

Janet(less)
Janet Beard Try to take a break from writing and come back to it later. Go for a walk, read a book, or even just sleep on it!
Average rating: 3.54 · 26,971 ratings · 2,886 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Atomic City Girls

3.54 avg rating — 25,699 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Ballad of Laurel Springs

3.55 avg rating — 1,253 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Beneath the Pines

4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Agricultural Education: in ...

by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Welcome!

Welcome to my Goodreads page! I'm thrilled that The Atomic City Girls is coming out this February and can't wait to share it with you.
1 like ·   •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on August 15, 2017 11:00

Janet’s Recent Updates

Janet Beard has read
Mailman by Stephen Starring Grant
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
Sisters of Fortune by Anna Lee Huber
Sisters of Fortune
by Anna Lee Huber (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
English Creek by Ivan Doig
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
Perfect Little World by Kevin    Wilson
Perfect Little World
by Kevin Wilson (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
Independent People by Halldór Laxness
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Rate this book
Clear rating
Janet Beard has read
Mohawk by Richard Russo
Mohawk
by Richard Russo (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
More of Janet's books…
Quotes by Janet Beard  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“You would never see this money, these resources being spent in peacetime. No government would go to this trouble to research cures for diseases or simply advance human knowledge. No, we exert ourselves to this extent only in times of war, to invent killing machines. And this, my dear, will be a killing machine worse than any that man has ever dreamed up before.”
Janet Beard, The Atomic City Girls

“You’re the most beautiful woman I know.” “I know that ain’t true. But I like to hear you say it.”
Janet Beard, The Atomic City Girls

“She used to love the way he looked at her, and wanted to be the girl he saw. But now she knew that she was that girl and always had been. She was thankful to him for seeing more in her than she had recognized in herself and helping her to also see it. But he wasn’t responsible for it; she alone was responsible for who she was.”
Janet Beard, The Atomic City Girls

Topics Mentioning This Author

No comments have been added yet.