Editing Janis Ian (section)

==Writing and acting==
[[File:Janis Ian.jpg|thumb|upright|Ian at a [[Borders (retailer)|Borders]] store book-signing, May 2005]]

Ian writes science fiction. A long-time reader of the genre, she became involved in [[science fiction fandom]] in 2001 by attending the [[59th World Science Fiction Convention|Millennium Philcon]] in [[Philadelphia]]. Her short stories have been published in anthologies and with [[Mike Resnick]], she co-edited ''Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian'', an anthology published in 2003. She continues to occasionally go to [[science fiction conventions]].<ref>{{cite web|author=John Teehan |url=http://www.sff.net/people/jdteehan/report.html |title=Janis at Worldcon 2001 |publisher=Sff.net |access-date=December 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004174619/http://www.sff.net/people/jdteehan/report.html |archive-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Ian performed at the 2009 Nebula Award Conference in [[Los Angeles]], where she sang "Welcome Home," a version of her song "At Seventeen" with the lyrics changed to talk about the acceptance she found by reading science fiction.<ref>{{Citation | last = Ian | first = Janis | title = Welcome Home | newspaper = Argentus | pages = 20 | year = 2009 | url = http://efanzines.com/Argentus/Ag09.pdf | access-date = 2022-03-10 | archive-date = February 17, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220217071300/http://efanzines.com/Argentus/Ag09.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>

Ian was a regular columnist for the [[LGBT]] news magazine ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]''<ref name="oasis">[http://www.oasismag.com/Issues/9603/oasis-coverstory.html "Revenge is sweet for Janis Ian"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021140005/http://www.oasismag.com/Issues/9603/oasis-coverstory.html |date=October 21, 2006 }} by Jeff Walsh, March 1, 1996</ref> and contributed to ''Performing Songwriter'' magazine from 1993<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Interview with Janis Ian |url=https://performingsongwriter.com/back-issues/1993-back-issues/issue-1-julyaugust-1993/ |magazine=Performing Songwriter |location=United States |date=August 1993 |access-date=14 January 2022|volume=3|issue=1}}</ref> to 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Interview with Janis Ian |url=https://performingsongwriter.com/back-issues/2006-back-issues/issue-92-marchapril-2006/ |magazine=Performing Songwriter |location=United States |date=April 2006 |access-date=14 January 2022|issue=92}}</ref> On July 24, 2008, Ian released autobiography ''Society's Child'' (published by [[Penguin Tarcher]]), which was positively received. An accompanying double CD, ''The Autobiography Collection'', has been released with many of Ian's best loved songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.janisian.com/albums/bestof.php|title=Janis Ian - American songwriter, singer, musician, author and multiple Grammy-winning writer of "At 17," "Jesse" and "Society's Child": Listening Room: Best Of Janis Ian: The Autobiography Collection|last=Ian|first=Janis|website=www.janisian.com|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235221/http://www.janisian.com/albums/bestof.php}}</ref>

Ian took acting lessons and script interpretation classes from [[Stella Adler]] in the early 1980s to help her feel more comfortable on stage, and she and Adler remained close friends until Adler's death in 1992. In December 2015, Ian appeared in the series finale of [[HBO]] comedy series ''[[Getting On (U.S. TV series)|Getting On]]'' playing a patient who refused to stop singing.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lambe|first1=Stacy|title='Getting On' Creators on Taking Big Swings With the Series Finale|url=http://www.etonline.com/tv/178023_getting_on_creators_on_taking_big_swings_with_the_season_finale/|access-date=February 21, 2016|publisher=ET Online|date=December 14, 2015|archive-date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218205220/http://www.etonline.com/tv/178023_getting_on_creators_on_taking_big_swings_with_the_season_finale/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Getting On" from the HBO series "Getting On"|url=http://store.janisianstore.com/mp3gettingon.html|website=Janis Ian Shopping Mall|access-date= February 21, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302093247/http://store.janisianstore.com/mp3gettingon.html|archive-date=March 2, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>