Janice Spina aka J.E. Spina is an award-winning author with seventeen published books. She has been writing since the age of nine. Janice always dreamed of being an author but did not realize this dream until after she retired from an administrative position in a school system. In 2013 she published two children's books, followed by three more children's books and one novel in 2014, two children's books, and two middle-grade/preteen detective books 1 & 2 in 2015 and one novel, a children's book, and Book 3 and 4 of her MG/PT series in 2016 and a short story collection, children's book and a MG/PT detective series book 5 in 2017. Her goal is to write for all ages and encourage children to read which will cultivate a love of reading and carry them through their lives. Janice's books range from PS-Grade 3 to 18+. Janice's motto is Reading Can Give You Wings to Fly. Her logo is Jemsbooks - Books for all ages. Her husband, John, illustrates all her children's books and creates the covers for all her books. Janice plans to write more children's books, middle-grade, young adult fantasy and novels over the next two years. As the author says, "There is always another story running around in my head just waiting to be written down." Janice's hobbies are crocheting, exercising (walking, hula hooping to keep in shape), and reading, reviewing books, blogging, traveling, going out to the movies and dinner with my husband, and spending time with her five grandchildren who are her inspiration to write.