Janet Stead grew up in Ontario’s cottage country. She attended McMaster University, where she studied languages and philosophy. After her degree, she travelled through Europe and was an au pair in France for six months. It was while living there that Janet cultivated her love of languages. France was also where she had her first experience with computers, and she decided to attend college to study computer programming upon her return. After graduating, Janet started up her own corporate software training company, which she still manages today.

Janet, along with her husband Dan, is a long-time Rotary Club member, where they enjoy both the fellowship and service to others in their own community and all over the world.

Janet started her first novel, Breach, in 2016, after years of holding her imagination in check. She now does her writing on an island in Georgian Bay, Ontario where she lives with Dan.