“I
always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such
a passionate reader. She read poetry to me as a child. But rather late in life,
I've come to appreciate my father, the accountant. He was a solid, organized, get-the-job-done
kind of person-and you need that piece of it to be a writer, too.”
– Judith Viorst
Viorst – a native of New Jersey born on this date in 1931 – is best known for her Children’s classic, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, written from the point of view of a 5-year-old boy and based on her own sons, Alexander, Anthony and Nick (the names of Alexander’s brothers in the story). To date the book has sold over 2 million copies and is around the globe in multiple languages.
In addition to several “Alexander”
books, she’s also known for her “Lulu” series and the book The Tenth Good Thing About Barney.
All told, she’s written some 30 books, both fiction and nonfiction. Her books for adults have often been related
to her work as a psychoanalyst researcher. Also a well-known
newspaper columnist, she writes frequently for The New York Times and The
Washington Post and has
been a
She once noted that
she got steered toward writing in a unique fashion. “My Girl Scout leader. … told me if I
listened more and talked less, I could grow up to be a good writer. I thought
that was interesting advice at age 12.”
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