| Janette Rallison | |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1966 |
| Alma Mater: | Brigham Young University |
| Spouse: | Robert Rallison |
| Children: | 5, including James |
| Birth Place: | Pullman, Washington, U.S. |
Janette Rallison (born April 1, 1966)[1] [2] 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.[3]
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 later moved to Chandler, Arizona. She began writing at the age of six years old, and has continued to write throughout her life in the genres of romance and science fiction.[4] She attended college at Brigham Young University where she studied English Teaching. She is married and has five children, including James Rallison, an Internet personality and animator, better known online as TheOdd1sOut.[5]
Rallison is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[6]
Rallison published her first novels though LDS publishing companies; however, after submitting one of her books to a national book company, her career took off.
Rallison began her writing career working for an LDS publishing company writing romantic adult novels under the pen name Sierra St. James. She has recently acquired the rights to these books and has been re-editing and republishing them (her Erasing Time series under her pen name C.J. Hill is an example of this). After her books changed genres from romantic comedy to action, Rallison's editor had her use the pen name C.J. Hill. She has written the Slayers trilogy as well as the Erasing Time series under this name.[7]
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.[8]