# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janet-tashjian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:22:33.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janet-tashjian"
name: "Janet Tashjian"
slug: "janet-tashjian"
description: "Janet Tashjian is an American writer living in Los Angeles. Her children's and young adult fiction is published by Henry Holt and Company. Her books often incorporate different formats and play with the line between fiction and nonfiction. She is the mother of Jake Tashjian, who illustrated her My Life and Einstein the Class Hamster series."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.80594
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1070424/"
    handle:    "nm1070424"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.janettashjian.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2859696"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جانيت تاشجيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Tashjian"
    title: "Janet Tashjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Tashjian"
    title: "Janet Tashjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ژانت تاشجیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A9_%D4%B9%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BB%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ջանեթ Թաշջյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Tashjian"
    title: "Janet Tashjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536616"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/564115"
    title: "Janet Tashjian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump