Centennial author celebrates first book release

Centennial author Janie Kurtz recently published her debut novel and is celebrating with a meet-and-greet at Koelbel Library on Nov. 8. Courtesy photo When Janie Kurtz started dreaming up the plot of her first book, she didn’t imagine herself ever writing it. Bits and pieces of the story piled up in a note Kurtz would add to whenever she had an idea. A fear of writing it down blocked her for years — until one day it didn’t, and the story poured out in early mornings, school pick-up lines and soccer practice sidelines. Now, her debut novel “The Variance” has been published, and Kurtz is celebrating with a free meet-and-greet at Koelbel Library on Nov. 8, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., where attendees can buy a copy of the book and get their copies signed. “The Variance” is book one in a young adult dystopian romance trilogy that Kurtz is currently writing. The story follows Spaide, a 17-year-old living in Ka’Mel, where the world has belonged to women alone for half a century.

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