Authors and Illustrators Database

Born: 03/29/1936  Detroit
Parents: Harry Reginald and Marion Aline Guest
Spouse: Larry Lee Lavercombe
Children: Larry, John, Richard plus 7 grandchildren
Address(es):
Permanent:
4600 West 44th St.
Edina, MN 55424
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.judithguest.com
Email: [email protected]

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	The Tarnished Eye - Loosely based on unsolved murder of a family in their summer home in Northern Michigan in 1968	Fiction, Michigan, Suspense/Thriller	Adult	New York Scribner	2004
	Errands	Fiction, Michigan	Adult	New York : Ballantine Books	1997
	Rachel River, Minnesota - Screenplay adaptation of three short stories by Carol Bly. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.	Fiction			1990-1992
	The Mythic Family - Essay: Originally presented as a lecture at Walker Art Center, Apr. 7, 1987.	Non Fiction	Adult	Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions	1988
	Killing Time in St. Cloud - With Rebecca Hill	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press	1988
	Second Heaven - Book-of-the-Month Club Selection	Fiction, Michigan	Adult	New York : Viking Press	1982
	Ordinary People - Book-of-the-Month Club Selection and film was Oscar winner (Publication Years: 1976, 1980)	Fiction		New York : Ballantine Books	1976
	Other writings: - Short stories, and contributor to periodicals such as The Writer. Screenplay adaptation of Second Heaven		Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, ""In an article published by the Detroit Free Press, Judith Guest calls writing 'My escape, my terror, my compulsion, my life.' About seven years (1973) ago she began writing seriously and submitted a short story for a Reader's Digest contest. There were one hundred prizes and her story received 60th place. Her next short story was the beginning of her highly-acclaimed first novel, Ordinary People. She says, 'After I finished my short story, I realized I wasn't ready to put the characters down, that I had more to say about them. So, I thought, I'll write something about what happened to them before and what happened after. And before I knew what I was doing, I was writing a novel.' " Her great uncle was Edgar Guest."

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