About Me

Following a family tragedy, Janet Grace Riehl returned to her childhood home in the Midwest. There, through her craft, she discovered a new sense of connection reuniting her, and the reader, with life.

Janet Grace Riehl is an award-winning author, artist, performer, and creativity coach. Her poems, stories, and essays have been widely published in national literary magazines and several anthologies.

Her passions are communication across culture, creative process, participating and promoting all art forms in the community. Heritage and lineage of family strongly shape the sightlines of her life now.

Write Your Way Through Grief

Following my sister's death in a car crash, I wrote a book of story poems, "Sightlines: A Poet's Diary," a down-home family love story beyond death. Writing helped heal my grief and bring me closer to the family core. Whatever stage of your...