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Janet Mason is an award-winning creative writer, teacher, and occasional blogger for such places as The Huffington Post. Her book, Tea Leaves, a memoir of mothers and daughters, published by Bella Books in 2012, was chosen by the American Library Association for its 2013 Over the Rainbow List. Tea Leaves also received a Goldie Award. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and her novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders (Adelaide Books – New York and Lisbon) was featured at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair. Adelaide Books also published her novel The Unicorn, The Mystery late in 2020. Her novel Loving Artemis. an endearing tale of revolution, love and marriage was published by Thorned Heart Press in August of 2022. Her novel CINNAMON, a dairy cow's (and her farmer's) path to freedom was published by Adelaide Books in 2024.

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Mar 13, 2026 ∙ 4 min
The Cat Goddess Bastet -- Women's History and #cats in The Unicorn, The Mystery #amreading #WomensHistoryMonth
Inspired by Women's History Month, I decided to repost this UU talk. It focuses on gardening and the Goddess Bastet, based on a talk I presented at the Unitarian Universalists of Mt. Airy. The Goddess Bastet, from ancient Egypt, is often presented as having the head of a cat and the body of a woman. I wrote this piece when I was writing my novel, The Unicorn, The Mystery (around 2018-2019). The novel was published in 2020 by Adelaide Books (New York; Lisbon). This morning, I took part in a...
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Mar 7, 2026 ∙ 2 min
Cats and Nuns in The Unicorn, The Mystery -- #cats #WomensHistoryMonth2026 #amreading
Since it is women's history month, I thought I would post a brief excerpt from my novel The Unicorn, The Mystery (Adelaide Books; New York; Lisbon) from a section that centers on two nuns who live in the abbey where the unicorn lives (the novel is based in 1390 and was inspired by the unicorn tapestries now in The Museum of Modern Art). These two nuns, who happen to be in love with each other, keep a secret cat (cats were forbidden in the Middle Ages and often thought of as representatives of...
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Feb 28, 2026 ∙ 2 min
LGBTQ History in Loving Artemis-- finding ourselves in #LGBTQHistoryMonth #amreading
I was inspired by LGBTQ history month, to read a brief excerpt from my novel, Loving Artemis, an endearing tale of revolution, love, and marriage . The YouTube video is below and under that is the written text. Grace walked over to a table and put her backpack on it. She pulled out a chair, sat down, and opened it, then pulled out her three-ring notebook. She flipped it open, staring down at the words on the page where she had written Art's suggestions: The Stonewall Rebellion in New York...
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