Janice's story began as an only child in the desert of Phoenix, Arizona. She learned what many south-westerners have learned - to see, hear and feel the beauty of surroundings in the most austere settings.
 Her spiritual journey began when Mennonite neighbors took her to Vacation Bible School where, in the lyric of a hymn, she heard God called "Father" and "Creator."

Piano and voice lessons led Janice into a college music major, and from there naturally to the work of performer, performance instructor, songwriter, music conference coordinator to producer of women's albums and concerts.

Then came a refined focus. At a prestigious Colorado seminar in the Rocky Mountains, Janice founded and hosted an annual retreat for music industry women. Success can be worn in many ways and Janice found successful women wearing it as a cover for pain or fear, shame or despair, or as a

distraction from committed faith. So she began her work in earnest. She stood before outwardly put-together women and told her story. She watched the barriers drop, the tears fall, she watched Truth conquer Image. The honest sharing that resulted motivated her to write the highly acclaimed book, Sisters: The Story Goes On.

In all aspects of her life, with quick humor and personal insights, Janice encourages Christian sisterhood. Age, race, economics, education, denomination are indicators not barriers; they are explanations, not conclusions. Along with her partners, Gail Hamilton and Warner Alliance, this certainty was passionately conveyed in two albums: Sisters, and the follow-up project, Sisters: The Story Goes On, which received a Dove Award Nomination for Special Event Album of the Year.

Janice's next project, One Silent Night, a book-album duet, features stories and songs of Christmas.  The book contains true stories of well-known and well-known-to-a-few women, a collection to return to every day of the year,  These women, in the midst of disappointment, celebrated God's greatest gift to humankind:  a Savior born in a stable to give us hope in our silent nights.

If the Prodigal Were a Daughter is Janice's most recent book release.  She retells four of Jesus' parables in a modern setting with a mostly female cast so the reader might “hear” the stories as if for the first time.  A non-fiction study of the historical and social context of each parable enables the reader to understand the irony, subtleties, and meaning of Jesus’ stories and how the truths and applications remain relevant for contemporary woman.

Currently, Janice continues to write and spends much of her day keeping track of a dog, two cats, and her busy sons, a 21-year-old drummer and a 19-year-old bass player. Her husband, Jim, is an artist manager and a fabulous cook. He prepares the meals, she balances the checkbook, the boys practice incessantly, and they all live quite loudly together in Nashville, Tennessee.