With the 2007 publication of her third nonfiction book Strangers in Blood: Distanced Lives, author Janice Law moves into a different nonfiction genre: family relationships. Strangers interweaves her experience of a family estrangement--with profiles of celebrities who discuss their family estrangements.
       Her first two nonfiction books about law and the courts were both featured several times on CSpan2/BOOK TV. Yield: A Judge's Fir$t-Year Diary (2006) is a shocking daily diary of her first tumultuous year on the country criminal court bench in Houston, Texas. Sex Appealed: Was the U.S. Supreme Court Fooled? (2005) is a behind-the-scenes investigation of Lawrence v. Texas, an internationally publicized sodomy case that traveled from her Houston court to the U.S. Supreme Court. In scrutinizing Lawrence, Law discovered a still-unsolved murder of one of the case's participants.
         Her 2005, 2006 and 2007 books were selected by a committee of journalists for the National Press Club's annual Book Fair & Author Night gala in Washington, D.C. She is a featured author at national book festivals, and taught nonfiction writing at a seminar preceding the Ann Arbor (Michigan) book festival.
         Law writes from her unique position as a former criminal court judge, federal and state prosecutor, criminal defense--and print journalist. Before becoming an attorney, she worked for 14 years as a journalist, including as a stringer for The New York Times.
         Her journalistic work is included in Professional Newswriting by Dr. Hiley Ward, (1985) Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; The Mass Media by Dr. William L. Rivers (1975) Harper and Row; and The Effete Conspiracy and Other Crimes by the Press by Ben H. Bagdikian (1972) Harper and Row. She currently serves as a visiting judge.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice CLARENCE THOMAS autographs his autobiography To Judge Law, with respect and admiration. Thomas spoke in Houston in 2007 to the Federal Bar Assocation.

Oscar winner ROBERT DUVALL chats with Janice Law at the National Press Club 2007 Author Night about her books. Duvall has won two Oscars, plus five Oscar nominations as well as two Emmys and four Golden Globes. Law is an avid Duvall fan.

In CNN green room--Janice Law meets CNN superstar newscaster Wolf Blitzer in Washington, D.C

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IN TEXAS' STATE CAPITOL BUILDING Janice Law displays her certificate as a finalist in the nonfiction category of the Texas' Writers League Violet Crown Award. Law was honored for her 2006 book Yield: A Judge's Fir$t-Year Diary. The major Texas literary award, named after a line from classic author O. Henry, was presented in the state capitol building, recogizing winners and finalists as part of a panel at the 2007 Texas Book Festival in Austin.

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