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Janja VidmarShe was born on 23March,1962 in Ptuj.Ptuj is the oldest

documentedCity in Slovenia. She now lives in Maribor.She is a student at theUniversity of Maribor, at theFaculty of Education,

majoring inSlovenian and Pedagogics.

About her books• She is a Slovene writer for children and teenagers. She

writes novels and adventure books. She writes about teenage and love problems, adventures and a lot of interesting stories.

• Her books have been translated into German,Croatian, Italian, Serbian language. She has also written two scenarios for two TV series (Junaki petega razreda -Fifth class heroes, Moj prijatelj Arnold- My friend Arnold) and 4 films (Blues za Saro- Blues for Sara, Roza v kraljestvu svizca- Pink in the kingdom of mamrot, Dihaj z mano- Breath with me).

The most common themes of her

books… Janja often writes about

the following topics: delinquencyViolence SeparationDependenceeating disordersDifferenceAlcoholismdomestic violencemisunderstanding with adults

running away from homeyouth violenceHatealcoholismfirst love experiencePovertymisunderstanding by peersPrivacyVIOLENCE!

ALCOHOLISM!

BULIMIA!!

ANOREXIA!!

Award-winning booksBaraba

Princeskaz

napakoDebeluška

Best works

Her works are: Baraba (Bastard) Princeska z napako

(Princess with mistace) Debeluška

(Fat women) ZOO (ZOO) Manca&Rock (Manca&Rock) Pink (Pink) Punce za znoret

(Girls drives me crazy) V imenu ljubezni

(In the namo of love) Matic je zaljubljen

(Matic is in love) Hiša groze

(House of Horror) Super zvezda (Superstar)

Books by Janja Vidmar are recommendedto all who love to read about today'sissues among young people, love,adventures, and ultimately about horror.