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'{{short description|American romance novel author (born 1966)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Janette Rallison | image = Janette Rallison 2015 at ASU (cropped).jpg | caption = Rallison in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|4|1}} | alma_mater = [[Brigham Young University]] | children = 5; including [[TheOdd1sOut|James]] | birth_place = [[Pullman, Washington]] }} '''Janette Rallison''' (born April 1, 1966)<ref name="finding aid">{{Cite archival metadata |author = Aimee Bastarache |title = Janette Rallison papers |url = http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/11242 |repository = L. Tom Perry Special Collections |location = Provo, UT |date = 2010 |accessdate = May 24, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96038845.html |title=Janette Rallison |website=Library of Congress Name Authority File |access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref> is an American writer best known for her light romance novels for young adults. She also writes young adult science fiction and fantasy under the [[pen name]] '''C. J. Hill''', and adult romantic novels as '''Sierra St. James'''.<ref name="fantastic fiction">{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/janette-rallison/|title=Janette Rallison|publisher=Fantastic Fiction|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> She has five children, including [[TheOdd1sOut|James]], a cartoonist and [[YouTuber]]. ==Biography== ===Personal life=== Rallison was born in 1966. She grew up in [[Pullman, Washington]]. Growing up in a small town influenced the settings Rallison writes about in her books.<ref name="autobio" /> She later moved to [[Chandler, Arizona]].<ref name="finding aid" /> She began writing at the age of six years old, and has continued to write throughout her life in the genres of romance and science fiction.<ref name="BYU lib">{{cite web|title=Janette Rallison |url=http://exhibits.lib.byu.edu/literaryworlds/rallison/ |website=Literary Worlds: Illumination of the Mind |publisher=Brigham Young University |accessdate=24 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302071248/http://exhibits.lib.byu.edu/literaryworlds/rallison/ |archivedate= 2 March 2016 }}</ref> She attended college at [[Brigham Young University]]<ref name="finding aid" /> where she studied English Teaching. She is married and has five children: Luke, Kate, James, Faith, and Arianna. James Rallison, an [[Internet personality]] and [[animator]], is better known online as [[TheOdd1sOut]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://janetterallison.com/blog/answering-three-questions-about-becoming-a-writer/#comment-246948 |title=Answering three questions about becoming a writer |date=2018-07-18 |website=Janette Rallison & CJ Hill Books |language=en-US |access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref> Rallison is a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jensen |first1=Megan |title=Book review: 'The Girl Who Heard Demons' is about a teenager trying to use unusual abilities to help others |url=https://www.deseret.com/2017/5/7/20611703/book-review-the-girl-who-heard-demons-is-about-a-teenager-trying-to-use-unusual-abilities-to-help-ot |website=Deseret News |access-date=28 September 2022 |language=en |date=7 May 2017}}</ref> ===Writing career=== Rallison published her first novels though [[Latter Day Saint movement|LDS]] publishing companies; however, after submitting one of her books to a national book company, her career took off.<ref name="BYU lib" /> Rallison began her writing career working for an LDS publishing company writing romantic adult novels under the pen name Sierra St. James. She has recently acquired the rights to these books and has been re-editing and republishing them (her ''Erasing Time'' series under her pen name C.J. Hill is an example of this). After her books changed genres from romantic comedy to action, Rallison's editor had her use the pen name C.J. Hill. She has written the ''Slayers'' trilogy as well as the ''Erasing Time'' series under this name.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://janetterallison.com/cj-hill-books/ |title=CJ Hill Books |website=Janette Rallison & CJ Hill Books |language=en-US |access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref> ===Themes in books=== Rallison's books are upbeat and uplifting stories that are for pleasure and entertainment. She writes on her website that "If your teacher asks you to identify [[Symbol|symbolism]] in my books, you have my permission to tell him/her that I didn’t put any in." However, she has also stated that the element of [[forgiveness]] is very prevalent in her books and would be what she would classify as the overarching [[Theme (narrative)|theme]] of her writing.<ref name="autobio">{{cite web|url=http://janetterallison.com/biography/|website=Janette Rallison & CJ Hill Books|title=Biography}}</ref> ==Books== {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *''Deep Blue Eyes and Other Lies'' (1996) *''Dakota's Revenge'' (1998) *''Playing the Field'' (2002) *''All's Fair in Love, War, and High School'' (2003) *''Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws'' (2004) *''Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To-Do List'' (2005) *''It's a Mall World After All'' (2006) *''How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend'' (2007) *''Can You Keep a Secret? Ten Stories about Secrets'' (contributor) (2007) *''Revenge of the Cheerleaders'' (2002) *''My Fair Godmother'' (2009) *''Just One Wish'' (2009) *''My Double Life'' (2010) *''My Unfair Godmother'' (2011) *''Blue Eyes and Other Teenage Hazards'' (2011 revision of ''Deep Blue Eyes'' <ref name="blog">{{cite web|url=http://janetterallison.com/blog/editing-mistakes-or-why-yes-my-character-does-have-super-powers/|title=Janette Rallison's blog: "Editing mistakes—or: Why, yes, my character does have super powers''}}</ref>) *''A Longtime (and at one point Illegal) Crush'' (2013) *''Son of War, Daughter of Chaos (2014)'' *''My Fairly Dangerous Godmother'' (2015) *''The Girl Who Heard Demons'' (2016) *''The Wrong Side of Magic'' (2016) *''My Fair Lacey'' (2018) *''How I Met Your Brother'' (2016) *''The Cowboy and the Girl Next Door'' (2021) *''An Unexpected Boyfriend for Christmas'' (2021) *''An Unexpected Boyfriend for Christmas'' *''What the Doctor Ordered'' rewrite (2022) *''Covert Kisses'' compilation of three novellas (2022) *''Revenge of the Nerd Goddess'' rewrite of Dakota's Revenge (2022) *''Her Ex-crush Bodyguard'' (2023) }} ===As C. J. Hill=== *''Slayers'' (2011) *''Friends and Traitors'' (2013) *''Slayers: Playing with Fire'' (2016) *''Slayers: The Dragon Lords'' (2018) *''Slayers: Into the Firestorm'' (2019) *''Erasing Time'' (2012) *''Echo in Time'' (2013) ===As Sierra St. James=== *''Trial of the Heart'' (1999) *''Masquerade'' (2001) *''What the Doctor Ordered'' (2004) ===Novellas=== *''Summer in New York'' (2013) *''A Long Time (and at one point illegal) Crush'' (2014) ==References== <references/> ==External links== * [http://janetterallison.com Author's website] * [http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/11242 Janette Rallison papers, MSS 7561] at [https://sites.lib.byu.edu/sc/ L. 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