Janette Barber is former five time Emmy award winning Supervising Producer and Head Writer from the Rosie O’Donnell Show. She has written for the Grammy Awards and the Tony Awards. Janette created, produced and co-hosted her own show called Lighten Up on the TV Food Network. Following that, she was Hot Topics Writer on ABC’s The View where, in June of ’08, she earned her 6th Emmy award for Special Class Writing. Janette has a USA Today Best seller to her credit called Breaking The Rules. Her latest book is Embracing Your Big Fat Ass (Atria) Both books were co-authored with Laura Banks.