Joy has been through a rough divorce, but she's learning to make it work for her!
Joy has been through a rough divorce, but she's learning to make it work for her!
Janelle Meraz Hooper
Author Bio
I’m an indie-writer who writes in several genres: novels, romances, children’s stories, and plays*.
It’s no accident that many of my pieces have a Southwest flavor. I grew up close to the Ft. Sill Indian Reservation and my writing is colored with my experiences gro...
Expand postJanelle Meraz Hooper
Author Bio
I’m an indie-writer who writes in several genres: novels, romances, children’s stories, and plays*.
It’s no accident that many of my pieces have a Southwest flavor. I grew up close to the Ft. Sill Indian Reservation and my writing is colored with my experiences growing up so close to Native American cultures. I call the novels my modern-day cowboy and Indian stories. I also have written a few contemporary romances, and suspenses.
You’ll notice I’m not a formula writer; I write each story in the style that’s best for that particular story, so each one is different.
My books are character-driven, with no F-words, vampires, or zombies. I promise! In my romances, I’ve left out the kind of sex with glass coffee-table tops that make you cringe! I’m all about the romance! Glass-topped tables…not so much! Most of my books are available in paperback (most easily found on Amazon) and all are available on Kindle. My A Three-Turtle Summer (a literary novel) is best for New Adult readers (19-29 and up). It’s one of my best-sellers and deals with divorce, but the others are suitable for all ages.
I love to read; one of the things I love about writing is that I can explore my interests in marine biology, anthropology, and archaeology and call it research. Then, I can weave bits of the science and history into my stories. I call the whole research process my Briar Patch (because it’s hard for me to leave), and I think Uncle Remus would approve.
I’m honored that WorldReader, Books for All!, a literacy project sponsored by Amazon, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and others, has chosen some of my books to be a part of their project to provide electronic devices to children in poorer countries. It really tickles me to think about one of my books about Native Americans being read by a child in Africa! India! Or China!
Although I was born and raised in Oklahoma, I now live in Washington State with my husband and other family members who shy away from their mother’s book promotions.
Awards:
A Three-Turtle Summer
The 2002 Bold Media Award for fiction, 1st place.
As Brown as I Want: The Indianhead Diaries-2 awards:
1999 1st place fiction, Surrey, Canada. The largest book conference on the Northern Continent.
2004 Oklahoma Book Award finalist.
The Slum Resort
2013 Great Northwest Book Festival, honorable mention
There’s a Mouse in the House!
2013 1st. place (City Animals category) Animals! Animals! Animals! Book Festival
Boogie, Boots, & Cherry Pie, 2014 Animals, Animals, Animals! Book contest, Wild Card Division, honorable mention.
*My play, a one-man show written for the actor Rudy Ramos (High Chaparral, Yellowstone, and many others) traveled the Southwest. Title: Geronimo, Life on the Reservation. It focuses on Geronimo’s life as a senior citizen after his surrender on the Fort Sill Indian reservation.
Activities
I am active in several social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, *YouTube, Stage 32, and a literary blog (JanelleMerazHooperauthor.com) that has over 10,400 subscribers. *See some of my videos and book trailers below (Not all are entered yet.)
https://youtu.be/-KfA5rasUbQ Jamaica and Jupiter. Book trailer.
https://youtu.be/j_bRSYPwC5w Something for the little ones from my short story book, There's a Mouse in the House! (What shall we do?) Contribution by Jacob Nicholas Studebaker. Illustrations by Sherri Bails.
https://youtu.be/9PH42EkQtW4 A book trailer for my novel, The Slum Resort. A novel with suspense and heart. Kindle only.
https://youtu.be/hhnszSJoD6o Old Joe's Pink Cadillac, a short story.
https://youtu.be/Zwn-otiWe0Q A book trailer for my novel. Boogie, Boots, & Cherry Pie. New adult romance.
https://youtu.be/Dv3m1uAGAnI A trailer for the one-man show I wrote for Rudy Ramos, Geronimo, Life on the Reservation. (WWW.GeronimoLifeontheReservation.com)...
Expand posthttps://youtu.be/Dv3m1uAGAnI A trailer for the one-man show I wrote for Rudy Ramos, Geronimo, Life on the Reservation. (WWW.GeronimoLifeontheReservation.com)
https://youtu.be/lT3DraacOcY This is #3 in my Turtle Trilogy. It's a modern-day cowboy story with romance and humor.
https://youtu.be/VDyRdzVMp4k A book trailer for the 1st in my Turtle Trilogy, A Three-Turtle Summer. Made with my own two little hands
https://youtu.be/3-WSPB3fzhI A book trailer for my novel As Brown As I Want.
Hello! I'm an indie-writer/playwright. I've been busy with a play called Geronimo, Life on the Reservation (starring Rudy Ramos- High Chaparral and Yellowstone) but now am pondering working with someone who would like to make a short video or film using my short stories. Is there anyone out there wh...
Expand postHello! I'm an indie-writer/playwright. I've been busy with a play called Geronimo, Life on the Reservation (starring Rudy Ramos- High Chaparral and Yellowstone) but now am pondering working with someone who would like to make a short video or film using my short stories. Is there anyone out there who would like to choose a story to turn into a script? I don't have any sci-fi but lots of humor, character-driven stories. Contact me for more info: JanelleMHooper@comcast.net