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Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst
Credit: Milton Viorst

Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst was born and brought up in New Jersey, graduated from Rutgers University, moved to Greenwich Village, and has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1960, when she married Milton Viorst, a political writer. They have three sons and seven grandchildren. Viorst writes in many different areas: science books, children’s picture books, adult fiction and nonfiction, poetry for children and adults, and musicals, which are still performed on stages around the country. She is best known for her beloved picture book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day will be released on January 07, 2014 in Board Book
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Earrings! has won an award
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Lulu Walks the Dogs will be released on September 04, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Lulu Walks the Dogs is now available in Hardcover, eBook
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How Did I Get to Be 40 & Other Atrocities will be released on June 16, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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How Did I Get to Be 40 & Other Atrocities is now available in Trade Paperback
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Alexander, Que Era Rico El Domingo Pasado will be released on April 24, 2012 in eBook
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Alexander, Que Era Rico El Domingo Pasado is now available in eBook
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School Library Journal, May 8, 2013
...book-to-movie adaptations that fans have been awaiting for a long, long time. Disney’s live-action movie based on Judith Viorst’s 1972 well-known picture book� Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day� (S & S) is making tiny...
The Independent, May 3, 2013
...Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Miguel Arteta is directing a screenplay based on Judith Viorst's book. It is about a boy who has a very bad day and finds out other people have them too. Scrubs star sees a wish comes true ...
Film-News.co.uk, April 24, 2013
...negotiations to play a leading role in Disneys live-action version of the classic 1972 childrens book written by Judith Viorst. She is set to play Alexanders mother alongside Steve Carrell as the boys father. Miguel Arteta will direct the feature from...
Hollywood Reporter, April 24, 2013
...Co. Miguel Arteta is directing. A classic since it was published in 1972, Bad Day was written by Judith Viorst and centers on a boy who has a very horrible day and finds out that other people can have them too. In the script, written by Lisa Cholodenko...
Peninsula Daily News, April 21, 2013
...grace. Charlotte Hertel, 11, took second place in the recitation category with her fierce delivery of “No” by Judith Viorst, while sixth-grader Hayley Ward took third with her rendition of Shel Silverstein’s “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would...
Pocono Record, March 22, 2013
...about grief from a little boy's point of view is "The Tenth Good Thing About Barney" by Judith Viorst (Atheneum Books, 1987). The boy, whose cat Barney dies, is encouraged to think of 10 good things to say at the cat's backyard funeral. The book also...
Media Bistro, March 11, 2013
...by Louis Sachar 4. by Marcus Pfister 5. Corduroy by Don Freeman 6. by Jon Scieszka 7. by Judith Viorst 8. by Jean Marzollo 9. by Arnold Lobel 10. by Matt Groening 11. by Deborah Howe 12. by Robert Munsch 13. by Gertrude Chandler Warner 14. by Eric Carle...
Press Democrat, May 11, 2013
...presented by TheatreworksUSA. May 3 — “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” based on Judith Viorst’s beloved children’s book and presented by Two Beans Productions. The Feb. 1 and May 3 shows start at 3 p.m., and...
.NET Developer's Journal, May 8, 2013
...Main Campus of Northampton Community College. Media Contact: Myra Saturen, msaturen@northampton.edu� May 24 Goucher College, Baltimore Author Judith Viorst, perhaps best known for her beloved children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,...
School Library Journal, May 8, 2013
...book-to-movie adaptations that fans have been awaiting for a long, long time. Disney’s live-action movie based on Judith Viorst’s 1972 well-known picture book� Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day� (S & S) is making tiny...
KGWN TV, May 8, 2013
...Main Campus of Northampton Community College. Media Contact: Myra Saturen, msaturen@northampton.edu� May 24 Goucher College, Baltimore Author Judith Viorst, perhaps best known for her beloved children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,...
KGWN TV, May 8, 2013
...Main Campus of Northampton Community College. Media Contact: Myra Saturen, msaturen@northampton.edu� May 24 Goucher College, Baltimore Author Judith Viorst, perhaps best known for her beloved children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,...
9&10 News, May 8, 2013
...Main Campus of Northampton Community College. Media Contact: Myra Saturen, msaturen@northampton.edu  May 24 Goucher College, Baltimore Author Judith Viorst, perhaps best known for her beloved children's book "Alexander and the Terrible,...
SPi World News, May 8, 2013
...Main Campus of Northampton Community College. Media Contact: Myra Saturen, msaturen@northampton.edu  May 24 Goucher College, Baltimore Author Judith Viorst, perhaps best known for her beloved children's book "Alexander and the Terrible,...