Journalist, psychoanalysis researcher.

Judith Viorst is the author of several works of fiction and non-fiction for children as well as adults. She lectures widely on a variety of topics, ranging from the subjects of loss and control to children`s literature. She resides in Washington, DC with her husband Milton, a political writer.

During her career as a poet she has completed six collections of poems for adults. Her first novel for adults, Murdering Mr. Monti, was published in 1994 and her most recent work of non-fiction, Imperfect Control, was published in January 1998 by Simon and Schuster. Her book Necessary Losses, published in 1986, appeared for almost two years on The New York Times best-seller list in hardcover and paperback. 

Ms. Viorst`s children`s books include The Tenth Good Thing About Barney,The Alphabet From Z to A, and the "Alexander" stories: Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday, Alexander, Who`s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move and, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, her most famous children`s book, was first published in 1972 and has since sold over two million copies. Viorst received a B.A. in History from Rutgers University, and she is also a graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute where she is a research affiliate. 

Bibliography source: Kennedy Center