Janette Conger was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She is of the Crow Creek Sioux tribe in Fort Thompson, South Dakota. Janette began writing poetry in 1974 as a way of hiding what was going on inside, without being judged. She has four grown children and three grand- children. She continues to write poetry and is also, working on writing children's stories. Janette currently lives in Lynnwood, Washington.