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Janie Lynn Panagopoulos new article content ... Janie Lynn (Blount) Panagopoulos is an author, historian, lecturer and content service provider. She has won the Michigan Author Award in 2000, the Governor’s “Must Read” Award, G.E.M. Award from the National Council For Geographic Educators, and many individual book awards.

Ms. Panagopoulos’ focus in writing is in the genre of historical fiction.

Early LIfe

Janie Lynn Blount was born in Owosso, Michigan, on December 17, 1955, to Clyde and Betty (Critikos) Blount. She married Dennis A Panagopoulos, COO, in 1980. Her sons, Christopher (married to Kitty Scott) and Nicholas (married to Joanna Golebicka) were leading characters in her first novel, Traders in Time: A Dream-Quest Adventure.

Ms. Panagopoulos’ interest in writing started in third-grade after her teacher, Lucille Richardson, Washington Elementary, Owosso, Michigan, thought she talked to much and demanded she put her ideas on paper and not disrupt her class.

In fifth-grade her principal, Carol Johnson, called her down to the office and state, “One day I will read books you have written.”

Her love of writing continued throughout her education and upon graduating from college, she started writing freelance articles for newspapers and magazines. After fourteen years of freelance work, she had published over 1,000 articles.

Established Career

In the last 37 years, since she was first published, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos has written over 1,000 articles for newspapers, magazines, and journals and fifteen books of historical fiction for children and young adults.

As a Author/Educator, she has spoken to well over 500,000 students throughout the United States on such subjects as historical research, community history, and our place in American history.

As a content service provider she also creates video conference and online courses on history and writing, and research.