Janet Roberts is an award-winning author with notable works in her portfolio. Her novel "What Lies We Keep" (2024) was a Finalist for both the 2024 Hawthorne Award and 2024 Best New Fiction from American Fiction Awards; a 2024 Literary Titan Book Award Silver Medalist; a 2024 Best Book Winner from PenCraft Literary Excellence Awards; and a 2024 Winner in the Firebird Book Awards. Her novels, "The Narrow Gate" (2015) and "The Leaf Queen" (2016), were awarded First Place - Fiction by Pittsburgh's The Author Zone (TAZ). Her memoir, "Seven Thin Dimes" (2015), received an honorable mention from TAZ.