Janice Gary is an award-winning author, educator, and passionate advocate for those whose stories need to be told and heard. 

BOOKS

SHORT LEASH: A MEMOIR OF DOG WALKING AND DELIVERANCE


​“A stunningly beautiful story told by a gifted writer.”
— Meredith Hall
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An award-winning memoir about a life-changing journey spanning three decades, one continent and a world of possibilities.
“Short Leash isn't quite a dog book even though the cover and title relates to a big, lovable black Lab named Barney. Instead, it's an impossibly beautiful portrait of two damaged souls and how they lean on one another to heal, hurt, and find their way back to happiness after unspeakable tragedy. Through it all, Gary writes with a sure-hand, crafting beautiful, rhapsodic passages that span every emotion.”
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– Craig Manning, Independent Publisher.com

FEARLESS: WOMEN'S JOURNEYS TO SELF-EMPOWERMENT

The fearless women in this collection tell us through essays, poems, and stories of the pivotal moments in their lives when they reveal their wisdom to endure challenges and to fight for survival. Their powerful stories of quiet strength or ground shaking realizations changed them and may well change you.

ESSAYS

INTO THE FIRE
from Fearless: Women’s Journeys to Self-Empowerment (Mountain State Press)
Nominated for a 2020 Pushcart Prize
BONE ISLAND BLUES
2018 Dear City Editorial Board selection. Originally published in Slag Glass City.
BANG AND VANISH
Originally published in Longreads.
THE LOVELY BONES: STRUCTURE IN MEMOIR
Brevity Craft essay 2015
SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES UP
First published in The Spring Journal: A Journal of Archetype and Culture, Fall 2014
SIGHT UNSEEN
Winner of the Christine White Award for Memoir (Goucher College) and the Ames Award for Essay. First published in Literal Latte, 2005.
RANDOM ACTS
Madness and Terror and during the reign of the the DC Beltway Sniper
First published in The Potomac Review 51, Spring 2012
AWARDS & RECOGNITION