Originally came to notice in 1986 with the publication of her first book, "Slaves of New York", a group of bitter, funny, stylish inter-linked stories about New Yorkers.

Janowitz shot to fame and gossip column attentions as one of the media-friendly lit pack (that included other bright, young, mouthy, celebrity american writers like Bret Easton Ellis and Jay McInerney.)

Her novels since then:

• American Dad (1987)
• A Cannibal in Manhattan (1987)
• The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group (1992)
• By The Shores of Gitchee Gummee (1996)
• A Certain Age (2000)