Janice Harayda (born July 31, 1949) is an American author, newspaper writer, and book reviewer.
Harayda enjoys listening to opera, watching theater, doing ballet, traveling, and dancing.
[5] In 2010, Harayda was listed as one of the best book reviewers on Twitter by Adweek's Galley Cat blog.
[6] Vince Brewton, writing for Foreword Reviews, stated that the book Manhattan on the Rocks "will make readers laugh out loud, and the Hungarian-American, basketball-playing heroine is more human than one might expect".
[8] Joanne Kaufman of the Chicago Tribune reviewed The Accidental Bride, stating: "Harayda set a tough task for herself—to write a modern comedy of manners (the sort at which the late Laurie Colwin excelled)—and ended up, unfortunately, with a mannered comedy with tired observations about psychiatrists, child-rearing, wedding rituals and Martha Stewart".