An Interview With Janet Wong

Janet Wong's career switch was so dramatic that she was featured on a segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show. When Wong left her job as Director of Labor Relations at Universal Studios in Hollywood she dreamed of becoming a children's book author. Over the next two years she took a writing class submitted manuscripts and piled up more than two dozen rejection letters. Through a combination of practice persistence and talent Janet Wong quickly became a successful writer of poetry and picture books for young people.