Striegel, Jana
STRIEGEL, Jana
STRIEGEL, Jana. American, b. 1955. Genres: Children's fiction. Career: Dance instructor; dancer for New Mexico Ballet Company, Ballet del Monte Sol, American Southwest Ballet Company, and Six Flags over Mid-America, St. Louis, MO; choreographer and producer/director, Albuquerque and New Mexico Junior Miss scholarship program, 1973-82; owner/artistic director, Jana's Academy of Music and Dance, 1982-90; writer, 1990-. Publications: Homeroom Exercise, 2002. Contributor to periodicals sometimes under the name Jana Striegel-Wilson. Address: c/o George M. Nicholson, Sterling Lord Literistic Inc., 65 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10012, U.S.A. Online address: janaassistantjanastriegel.com
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