I started out writing children's stories for magazines before turning to women's fiction and bigger children's stories. The following are three stories that were published:

• Jonathan's Great Idea - Children's Playmate -Jan/Feb 1994
• The Easter Pig - Jack and Jill - April/May 1994
• The Secret of the Red Wagon - Highlights for Children -Jan 1998

Land of Fire and Ice
The Land of Fire and Ice is the first book in a trilogy of middle-grade adventure stories about a young boy who lives in a primitive land of long ago. Argo, a boy of twelve seasons, kills a Slasher in the pre-historic forest and is invited to go on a hunting expedition to determine why many of the animals are leaving. On the journey, he meets Gonther, a boy his age from the Clan of the Mountain. The boys convince their elders they should go together on a coming-of-age journey to visit the mystical Man of the Mountain, and their adventures begin! Brota, Gonther’s pet wolf, runs away from home to join them. They travel together, living off the land with their slings and Argo’s spear, encountering real and challenging fantastical creatures in their primitive world.

A flash flood carries them into the land of the Talloo, a giant who imprisons little men to do his work. The boys fight off man-eating fliers to free the men and, in exchange, they’re told about a beast with a golden horn who lives in the Land of Fire and Ice. Three hunters who want to kill the beast for its golden horn discover the boys are searching for it too and chase them to it in a race for their lives. Maida, living in the beautiful forbidding land with her grandfather, leads them to a cave, saving them from the hunters and the three of them set off to save the beast.

Summer in Mossy Creek
Belle Books
ISBN 0-9673035-4-0

The third novel in the acclaimed Mossy Creek Hometown Series continues the warm, witty and wise doings in a small southern village you’ll want to call home.

It’s a typical summer in the good-hearted mountain town of Mossy Creek, Georgia, where love, laughter and friendship make nostalgia a way of life. Creekites are always ready for a sultry romance, a funny feud or a sincere celebration, and this summer is no different.

Get ready for a comical battle over pickled beets and a spy mission to recover hijacked chow-chow peppers. Meet an unforgettable parakeet named Tweedle Dee and a lovable dog named Dog. Watch Amos and Ida sidestep the usual rumors and follow Katie Bell’s usual snooping. In the meantime, old-timer Opal Suggs and her long-dead sisters share a lesson on living, and apple farmer Hope Bailey faces poignant choices when an old flame returns to claim her.

Your favorite authors are back along with some wonderful new storytellers—plus more recipes from Creekite chef Bubba Rice. Pull up a wicker rocker, sip some peach-flavored iced tea, and listen as the townsfolk of Mossy Creek share their lives with you once again.

Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman's Soul
Stories Celebrating the Wisdom, Fun and Freedom of Midlife

2004 Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
ISBN 0-7573-0210-6 (trade paper)

“This book is dedicated to the millions of midlife women who dare to take time to nurture their souls and open their hearts fully to life.”

Judy’s work is among this collection of true stories. Mother and Child tells of the sorrow and joy of sharing a mother’s last days with her daughter.