JANEY BENNETT
Citizenship
USA
Academic
Degrees
M.A., Architectural History, 1986, Southern California Institute of
Architecture
(SCI-Arc),Santa Monica, California
B.A., Theatre Arts/Broadcast, 1960,
UCLA, Los Angeles, California
WRITINGS
Fiction
Current Release:
The Pale Surface of Things (novel)
published by Hopeace
Press, Canada, June 2007,
Eeva Dreams of Falling, (short story, nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
Published online by Melusine: Woman in the 21st
Century, Summer, 2009
In work:
Burning Off Rage (Jia Li) (novel,
working title)
The Icon Writer
(novel)
Non-Fiction
In Preparation:
The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark Mills.
Published:
“Sub
Specie Aeternitatis” in Erik Bryggman,
Architect,
Riitta
Nikula, ed., Museum
of Finnish Architecture, 1991.
Mark Mills, Structural Elegance and a Sense of
Reverent Space
(with Al Weber, photographer)
Journal
of The Taliesin Fellows, 1993
The Architecture of Estonia
Design
Book Review, 1993
Periodicals
in Which I Have Been Published:
Architecture: Journal of the AIA
Design Book Review
Journal of the Taliesin Fellows
Form Function Finland
Suomen Kuvalehti
Monterey Peninsula Guide (editor)
The Carmel Sun (drama & music critic)
The Watsonville Register-Pajaronian
The Salinas Californian (drama
critic)
Coast Weekly (drama critic)
Amphora, Vol 7 Issue 2 (book reviewer)
Awards
Received For Fiction
Pre-publication awards for The Pale Surface of Things
2004 second
place, PEN/Nob Hill Soul-Making Literary Novel-in-process Award
2004 finalist
in Sixth Annual Dana Literary Awards
2001 winner, Fellowship
from Whatcom Communications Association.
Post-Publication awards for The Pale Surface of Things
2008 Grand
Prize Second Place for All Fiction, Next Generation Indie Book Award
2008 Gold
Medal Winner, Multicultural Fiction Next Generation Indie Book Award
2007 Gold
Medal Winner, Multicultural Fiction USA BookNews BEST BOOK Award
2008 Gold
Medal Winner, Multicultural Fiction Indie Excellence Book Award
2008 Gold
Medal Winner, Best Use of Environmental Materials, PubWest Book Design Award
2008 Silver
Medal Winner, Multicultural Fiction & Non-Fiction, Nautilus Book Awards
2008 Honorable
Mention, General Fiction, Beach Book Festival Awards
Pre-publication awards for Jia Li
2009 first place, PEN/Nob Hill Soul-Making
Literary Novel-in-Process award
Grants
Received For Non-Fiction (for research in Finland.)
1991 Study grant from Finnish Ministry of
Education.
1990 Research grant from Fulbright Foundation.
1990 Research grant from Graham Foundation for
the Advancement of Fine Art.
1990 Research grant from Finlandia Foundation.
1989 journalist's grant
from the Foreign Ministry of Finland.
Professional
Associations
Northwest Independent Editors' Guild
The Fulbright Association