Janie Steele explores reinvention, longing, and the cost of desire through contemporary women’s fiction. Closing Costs, her debut novel, pulls back the curtain on desire and second chances. Coming January 2026, The Sad Café—a literary memoir—revisits Steele’s childhood and her sisters’ lives within the brutal foster-care system in California, where there is no middle ground—it either makes you or breaks you.
My work favors clear, unguarded storytelling—where honesty and simplicity carries more weight than embellishment. I’m drawn to raw, grounded dialogue and character-driven moments that feel lived-in and real. I appreciate reviewers who respond to sincerity and the raw edges of human experience.
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My work favors clear, unguarded storytelling—where honesty and simplicity carries more weight than embellishment. I’m drawn to raw, grounded dialogue and character-driven moments that feel lived-in and real. I appreciate reviewers who respond to sincerity and the raw edges of human experience.
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Janie Steele
Janie Steele explores reinvention, longing, and the cost of desire through contemporary women’s fiction. Closing Costs, her debut novel, pulls back the curtain on desire and second chances. Coming January 2026, The Sad Café—a literary memoir—revisits Steele’s childhood and her sisters’ lives within the brutal foster-care system in California, where there is no middle ground—it either makes you or breaks you.