Tashjian is the author of the popular My Life series including “My Life as a Ninja,” “My Life as a Book,” “My Life as a Stuntboy,” “My Life as a Cartoonist,” “My Life as a Joke,” and “My Life as a Gamer,” as well as the Einstein the Class Hamster series, both illustrated by her son, Jake Tashjian. Janet lives in Sherman Oaks, California.