Janis Cooke Newman is an American writer.
She is known for her novels, Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln (McAdam/Cage 2006, Harcourt 2007) and A Master Plan for Rescue (Riverhead 2015) as well as her memoir The Russian Word for Snow (St. Martin's Press 2001).
Newman grew up in New Jersey and attended San Francisco State University, where she received an MFA in creative writing.
[5] Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln was one of USA Today Best Books of 2006[6] and a Finalist (for First Fiction) for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
[7] Newman's work has been reviewed in USA Today[8] and People Magazine,[9] and her travel writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.