Janet Fitch is the bestselling author of White Oleander, an Oprah Book Club selection translated into 28 languages, made into a feature film, and chosen as a Winter ’26 California Book Club selection; Paint it Black, also widely translated and filmed; and her novels of the Russian Revolution, The Revolution of Marina M. and Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. Her short stories have recently appeared in Los Angeles Noir and Palm Springs Noir, and her noir story “The Method” has recently been filmed. Longtime faculty with the Community of Writers, Fitch hosts her popular Writing Wednesdays writing series on YouTube. janetfitchwrites.com [F]