Janet Fitch is the author of the novels Paint It Black, published in 2006, and White Oleander, an Oprah Book Club selection, which appeared in 1999. It was made into a feature film in 2002. Fitch's short stories have appeared in such anthologies and journals as Black Clock, Room of One's Own, Speakeasy, Black Warrior Review and Rain City Review, and Los Angeles Noir. She currently teaches creative writing in the MPW program at the University of Southern California and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers summer workshops. She lives in Los Angeles.