Creative Writing
Resume:
JANE
STERN
LANE
GREENVILLE,
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PROFILE
Jane Stern has the innate ability to identify topics on everyday life that are rarely covered in popular publications. Her creative writing style relies on visualization to bring the reader into the story as part of a shared experience.
• Her scope of genres include regional American food, popular culture, animal behavior, emergency medicine, and trending fashions. Jane has published 42 books with the top six New York houses. Her books have become New York Times bestsellers as well as having strong sales in the British and Japanese markets. Three have been made into motion pictures. The latest is Ambulance Girl, Jane’s memoir about her life as an EMT. It was directed by Kathy Bates who starred as Jane.
• Her best known book is Roadfood, now in its tenth edition. Roadfood was the first book about American Regional Food and where to find it. In addition to being a landmark publication the book has been a popular website, a TV show on WGBH public television, and the basis of many lectures and magazine columns.
Titles of other books Jane has written include:
• Square Meals
• Elvis World
• The Lexicon of American Food
• Confessions of a Tarot Reader
• The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste
• Ambulance Girl
• Sixties People
• Two For The Road
• Trucker: The Last American Cowboy
• The Encyclopedia of Pop Culture
• Dog Eat Dog
• Two Puppies
Jane is also well known for her prolific magazine and newspaper work. Here are some of the positions she has held:
Contributing Editor Gourmet Magazine (18 years)
Contributing Editor Saveur Magazine (6 years)
Contributing Editor Departures Magazine (6 years)
Contributing Editor The Paris Review (5 years)
Contributing Editor The New Yorker (five years)
Weekly Columnist for United Press Syndicate (10 years) Jane has also written for Town and Country, Parade, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Vogue, Yankee, Allure, USA Today and others.
Jane is a familiar voice on radio and television. For 18 years she was a weekly contributor to NPR’s The Splendid Table.
Awards and notable collections
Jane has won five James Beard Awards for Best Food Writing, she has been nominated for three others
She was inducted into the Who’s Who of American Food and is the winner of the James Beard Perrier-Jouet lifetime achievement award for food writing.
In 2019 The Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. installed a permanent collection of Jane’s books, writing, memorabilia, awards and other accolades. The collection is housed at the The Smithsonian’s American History Museum and is available in person and online. EDUCATION AND FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
PRATT INSTITUTE B.F.A. FINE ARTS 1968
YALE UNIVERSITY M.F.A. FINE ARTS 1971
Adjunct Professor English Department Furman University 2023 Adjunct Professor Culinary Arts Greenville Technical College 2023
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