Jan Czech
Contributing Writer
Czech in the office. - Carly Czech
Jan M. Czech has published seven children's books; three picture books, three non fiction books and a middle grade novel. Her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines.
Czech is an instructor for The Institute of Children's Literature. She is a member of SCBWI and the Association of Professional Women Wriiters.
She enjoys reading, knitting, gardening and traveling.
Latest Articles
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Best Beach Reads
Vacation packages from family trips to honeymoons include relaxing by an ocean or lake turning the pages of a novel. Here is a look at some of the all time favorites.
Mar 9, 2010
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The Lost Generation
Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, F. Scott Fitzgerald and other legendary writers left America in the 1920s for life in Paris.
Mar 1, 2010
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Ernest Hemingway in Key West
The southernmost point in the continental US has always attracted writers but Papa Hemingway may be the most well known.
Feb 22, 2010
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Oscar Nominated Movies Adapted From Books
Precious, Up In The Air and An Education were novels before they hit the silver screen. The Blind Side tells Michael Oher's story.
Feb 15, 2010
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A Short Biography of Dorothy Parker
As a screenwriter, this member of the Vicious Circle was blacklisted in Hollywood for her Communist leanings.
Feb 1, 2010
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The Algonquin Round Table
Dorothy Parker called it the Vicious Circle, Edna Ferber dubbed it the Poison Squad. This group of famous authors impacted New York's writing scene forever.
Jan 25, 2010
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Two New York Hotels With Literary Histories
"The New Yorker Magazine" was born at the famous Algonquin Round Table. Dylan Thomas died at The Chelsea. The hotels' artistic connections are undisputable.
Jan 17, 2010
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The Story of Cupid and Psyche
The God of Love's romance was the basis for fairy tales as old as Beauty and Beast and as new as Shrek.
Jan 9, 2010
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Cupid in Myth and Legend
Cupid is the most important symbol of St. Valentine's Day but this cherub was once a Greek and Roman god.
Dec 31, 2009
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The Ghosts in Dicken's A Christmas Carol
Dickens had one vision of the spirits who appear to Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, but how were they portrayed in movies?
Dec 21, 2009
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