Judith Viorst
(b. 1931)

Judith Viorst was born in Newark, New Jersey, but has lived in Washington, D.C. for much of her life. She has been a poet, journalist, and writer of books for adults and children. Her first published book was Projects: Space, a science book on NASA's space program. After publishing a number of science books, Viorst, who is married to another writer, Milton Viorst, began submitting poems to magazines and getting them published. Her first book of poems, The Village Square, was published in 1965. Judith Viorst says most of her children's books are for or about her own children.

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