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Janet Hulstrand is a writer, editor,
educator, and higher education consultant with a special expertise in curriculum development and education abroad. As an editor, Hulstrand has made a substantial contribution to many books,
articles, and other print media on a wide variety of topics. She has worked on books by Caroline Kennedy, Paul Robeson, Jr.,
and Andrew Young, among many others. Her clients have included Artisan Publishing, the Brooklyn Children's Museum, the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, the District of Columbia Public Library, the Language Flagship (NSEP), the Lawrence Jordan Literary Agency,
the National Audubon Society, NAFSA, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Whitehead Mann, and Workman Publishing.
Hulstrand's articles and essays have been published in the Christian Science Monitor, Guide to Retirement Living,
Humanities Education, Smithsonian.com, and many other publications. Her first book, Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing
the Family Home, was published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang. (You can learn more about Moving On at www.movingonthebook.com.)
You can also read Hulstrand's writing on her blog,"Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road"
http://wingedword.wordpress.com/ or follow her on Twitter http://twitter.com/janetjoy
Hulstrand has been
interviewed for live and taped, local and national radio and television programs, and Moving On was featured and reviewed
in various national publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, the Kiplinger Retirement Report, Business Week, and AARP Bulletin. She is a frequent featured speaker at workshops
and seminars on downsizing the family home. Since 1997, Hulstrand has created, taught, and directed education abroad programs in Paris, Florence, and
Hawaii for Hunter and Queens Colleges (CUNY). She writes frequently for International Educator, and is author of NAFSA's best-selling
booklet, "What Parents Need to Know! Before, During and After Education Abroad." In 2008 she and her husband
created The Essoyes School, offering writing and art workshops and classes in North America, Europe, and Hawaii: www.essoyesschool.com.
Hulstrand speaks French and Spanish. She has a B.A. in Child Psychology from the University of Minnesota and
a master's degree in English Literature from Hunter College, CUNY. Along her way, she has been fortunate enough to have studied
writing with Anatole Broyard and literature with Philip Roth. She is a member of American Independent Writers, the Editorial
Freelancers Association, the International Women's Writing Guild, and the Women's National Book Association.
Hulstrand was born and raised in Minnesota, and has lived in New York City and in France.
She lives near Washington D.C. with her two sons. She is currently working on her next book, A Long Way from Iowa,
a literary memoir. 
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