Judith Guest
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Judith Guest | |
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Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | March 29, 1936
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Michigan (BA) |
Period | 1976–present |
Genre | Literary fiction, mystery |
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Judith Guest (born March 29, 1936) is an American
Early life
Guest attended Detroit's
Career
Guest taught at a public school for several years before deciding to work full-time completing a novel.[1]
Guest's first book, Ordinary People, published in 1976, was the basis of the 1980 film Ordinary People that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.[1] This novel and two others, Second Heaven (1982) and Errands (1997), are about adolescents forced to deal with crises in their families. Guest also wrote the screenplay for the 1987 film Rachel River.[1]
Guest co-authored the mystery
Personal life
Guest was married for nearly 50 years to her college sweetheart, businessman Larry LaVercombe (1936-2009). Guest, her three sons, and their families, reside in Edina, Minnesota.[2][3][1]
Bibliography
- Ordinary People (1976)
- Second Heaven (1982)
- Killing Time in St. Cloud (with Rebecca Hill) (1988)
- The Mythic Family (essay) (1988)
- Errands (1997)
- The Tarnished Eye(2004)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Biography of Judith Guest (self-written) Archived 2006-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Detroit PSL Basketball » Detroit Free Press All-PSL/Detroit — 1950s". Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Detroit PSL Basketball » All-Time PSL Single-Game Scoring Leaders". Retrieved 25 January 2017.
External links
- Official website
- 2004 Judith Guest interview secretsofthecity.com
- Judith Guest is interviewed by Sharon Charles of Hennepin County Library, Northern Lights Minnesota Author Interview TV Series #32 (1988)