Judith Viorst
Judith Viorst was born and brought up in New Jersey, graduated from Rutgers University, moved to Greenwich Village, and worked as a garment-district model, secretary, and children’s book editor before becoming a published writer. She has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1960, when she married political writer Milton Viorst, with whom she has three sons and seven grandchildren. A 1981 graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Viorst has written forty-five books, in many different voices: children’s picture books, including the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; adult fiction and nonfiction, including the best-selling Necessary Losses; poetry for children and adults; and four plays for musical theater.