Janette Rallison

Janette Rallison (born April 1, 1966) 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.

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. She attended college at Brigham Young University

Writing career Rallison published her first novels through LDS publishing companies; however, after submitting one of her books to a national book company, her career took off.

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 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 of her writing.

Books

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)