Background
Janice Harayda was born on July 31, 1949, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. She is a daughter of John Harayda, a teacher, and Marel Harayda, a photographer.
(This book provides a fresh approach to living life as a s...)
This book provides a fresh approach to living life as a single, with guidance on getting dates, fixing up an apartment, menu planning, celebrating the holidays, and personal financial management.
https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Being-Single-Putting-Living/dp/0385232713/?tag=2022091-20
1986
(With just one month to go before her fairy tale wedding t...)
With just one month to go before her fairy tale wedding to the third richest man in the second-largest city in Ohio, Lily Blair is suddenly beset by doubts. Even though she appears to have it all - a budding career and a five-carat engagement ring from the man of her dreams - she can't decide whether to plunge headfirst into the security of married suburban life or follow her career dreams solo to New York. And while the zany and loving cast of friends, family, and co-workers keep pushing her towards the aisle, Lily knows that, despite the passion she feels for her fiancé, she alone must come to terms with the biggest decision of her life. As she locks horns with her mother on nearly every detail, issues like veal medallions vs. chicken wings become battles in an event being staged with all the grandeur and precision of a full-scale military operation. The situation grows funnier and more desperate at every turn as Lily must confront an absurd bridal fair, an unsympathetic psychiatrist, and the local gossip column. Before she loses her sanity, she looks to her heroine, Jane Austen, for inspiration. The result is hilarious, sweet, and smart. For Lily Blair is a real heroine for the 90s and beyond, and The Accidental Bride who will keep surprising you until the end.
https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Bride-Romantic-Comedy/dp/0312203578/?tag=2022091-20
1999
(When twenty-five-year-old Laura Smart moves from Clevelan...)
When twenty-five-year-old Laura Smart moves from Cleveland to Manhattan to take a job at a magazine, she hopes the world will become her oyster-her Fendi Oyster (this year's must-have handbag) to be exact. Instead, Laura has to deal with the demands of her self-absorbed and quirky boss-the talk-show host turned magazine editor, Cassandra Lovelace. Laura, a Holly Golightly-type character, finds her own romantic and professional redemption in a novel that hilariously sends up the sex-and-celebrity-obsessed world of contemporary women's magazines. Written from the insider's perspective of a former senior editor of Glamour, Manhattan on the Rocks is a sharply observed comedy of manners with a take-no-prisoners spirit. This is a novel for every woman who has ever known in her heart that-even as her world is collapsing all around her-she needs only a Glamour makeover to save her life from ruin.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402201192/?tag=2022091-20
2004
Janice Harayda was born on July 31, 1949, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. She is a daughter of John Harayda, a teacher, and Marel Harayda, a photographer.
In 1970 Janice Harayada received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire.
In 1970 Janice Harayda began a career as an editorial assistant at Mademoiselle magazine. In 1971 she worked as an assistant to travel editor at Saturday Review. From 1971 to 1978 Harayda held posts of senior editor and a contributing editor at Glamour magazine. In 1977 she was an instructor in writing at Marymount College, and in journalism at Boston University in 1979. From 1978 to 1981 Janice was an editorial director at Boston magazine. From 1981 to 1987 she was a freelance writer. From 1987 to 1998 Janice served as a book editor and critic at Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In early 2009, Jan was the writer-in-residence at the Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts in Fairhope, Alabama, and she welcomes inquiries about serving as a writer-in-residence with other programs and about speaking on panels and at writers’ conferences. She has also appeared extensively on radio and television.
(When twenty-five-year-old Laura Smart moves from Clevelan...)
2004(This book provides a fresh approach to living life as a s...)
1986(With just one month to go before her fairy tale wedding t...)
1999Janice Harayda is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
