Judy Blundell est une autrice à succès du New York Times reconnue pour sa polyvalence dans la fiction pour enfants, jeunes adultes et adultes. Sous le pseudonyme de Jude Watson, elle s'est fait remarquer pour ses contributions à l'univers Star Wars, notamment la série "Star Wars Jedi Apprentice" et les journaux de personnages comme la Reine Amidala et Dark Maul. Parmi ses œuvres originales figurent la série de mystères "Danger.com" et le roman pour jeunes adultes primé par le National Book Award, "What I Saw and How I Lied". Blundell a également participé à la série "The 39 Clues" de Scholastic, consolidant ainsi sa réputation dans la littérature jeunesse.
Son écriture couvre plusieurs genres, de la science-fiction au roman historique, explorant souvent des thèmes comme l'identité et la complexité morale. Ses œuvres Star Wars, saluées pour leur profondeur et leur accessibilité, ont séduit autant les jeunes lecteurs que les fans adultes. Sous son vrai nom, Judy Blundell, elle a effectué une transition fluide vers la fiction adulte avec des romans comme "The High Season", démontrant son éventail narratif. Née à Brooklyn et élevée dans le Queens, elle a puisé dans des expériences professionnelles variées – incluant l'édition et l'enseignement – avant de se consacrer entièrement à l'écriture.
Parmi ses distinctions figurent le National Book Award for Young People’s Literature en 2008 et une reconnaissance de la New York Public Library pour son roman "Premonitions". Ses œuvres sont célébrées pour leurs personnages captivants et leurs intrigues complexes. Elle réside actuellement à Stony Brook, dans l'État de New York, où elle continue d'écrire pour différents publics et genres.
Romans indépendants
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The High Season
2018
Judy Blundell Teen & Young Adult
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What I Saw and How I Lied
2008
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Strings Attached
2011
Children's Books (with Eric Velásquez)
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Disappearing Act
1994
Brides of Wildcat County Books (as Jude Watson)
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Audacious: Ivy's Story
1995
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Dangerous: Savannah's Story
1995
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Scandalous: Eden's Story
1995
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Impetuous: Mattie's Story
1996
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Tempestuous: Opal's Story
1996
Dear America Books
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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (By: Barry Denenberg)
1996
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A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
1996
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Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart ( By: Kristiana Gregory)
1996
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (By: Joyce Hansen)
1997
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A Picture Of Freedom (By: Patricia McKissack)
1997
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Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg)
1998
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Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
1998
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West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (By: Jim Murphy)
1998
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Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 ( By: Mary Pope Osborne)
1998
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A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland)
1998
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Stationery Pack (By: Patricia McKissack)
1998
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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (By: Ellen Emerson White)
1998
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The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory)
1999
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My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi)
1999
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The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner)
1999
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A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (By: Karen Hesse)
1999
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Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (By: Patricia McKissack)
2000
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A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
2000
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My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne)
2000
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One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 (By: Barry Denenberg)
2000
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Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 ( By: Kathryn Lasky)
2001
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Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By: Sherry Garland)
2001
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Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory)
2001
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My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (By: Jim Murphy)
2001
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When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine)
2002
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My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2002
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A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White)
2002
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (By: Barry Denenberg)
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Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke)
2002
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So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (By: Barry Denenberg)
2003
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Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner)
2003
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Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer)
2003
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All the Stars in the Sky ( By: Megan McDonald)
2003
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Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (By: Patricia McKissack)
2004
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Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By: Deborah Hopkinson)
2004
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I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 (By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino)
2004
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The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson)
2010
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Like the Willow Tree ( By: Lois Lowry)
2011
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Cannons at Dawn ( By: Kristiana Gregory)
2011
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With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney)
2011
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Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron)
2012
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Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
2013
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A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906
2013
Horizon Books
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Horizon ( By: Scott Westerfeld)
2017
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Deadzone ( By: Jennifer A. Nielsen)
2017
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A Warp in Time ( As: Jude Watson)
2018
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Apex Predator (By: M.T. Anderson)
2018
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Liferaft ( By: Aditi Khorana)
2019
Loot Books (as Jude Watson)
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Loot
2014
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Sting
2016
Premonitions Books (as Jude Watson)
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Premonitions
2004
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Disappearance
2005
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The Sight
2010
Star Wars Legends Chronology Books (as Jude Watson)
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Legacy of the Jedi
2003
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Secrets of the Jedi
2005
Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice Books (with Dave Wolverton, as Jude Watson)
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The Rising Force
1999
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The Dark Rival
1999
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The Hidden Past
1999
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The Mark of the Crown
1999
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The Captive Temple
1999
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The Defenders of the Dead
1999
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The Day of Reckoning
2000
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The Uncertain Path
2000
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The Fight for Truth
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The Shattered Peace
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The Deadly Hunter
2000
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The Evil Experiment
2001
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The Dangerous Rescue
2001
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Deceptions
2001
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The Ties That Bind
2001
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The Death of Hope
2001
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The Call to Vengeance
2001
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The Only Witness
2002
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The Threat Within
2002
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The Followers
2002
Star Wars: Jedi Quest Books
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The Way of the Apprentice (With: David Mattingly)
2001
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Path To Truth
2001
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The Trail of the Jedi (With: David Burroughs Mattingly)
2002
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The Dangerous Games (With: David Mattingly, Alice Buelow)
2002
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The Master of Disguise (With: David Mattingly, Alice Buelow)
2002
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The School of Fear (With: David Mattingly, Alice Buelow)
2003
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The Shadow Trap (With: David Mattingly, Alice Buelow)
2003
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The Moment of Truth (With: David Mattingly, Alice Buelow)
2003
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The Changing of the Guard (With: David Mattingly, Alice Buelow)
2004
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The False Peace (With: Alicia Buelow)
2004
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The Final Showdown (With: David Mattingly)
2004
Star Wars: Journals Books
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Star Wars: Journal - Captive to Evil
1998
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Star Wars: Episode I Journal - Queen Amidala
1999
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Star Wars: Episode I Journal - Anakin Skywalker (By: Todd Strasser)
1999
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Star Wars: Episode I Journal - Darth Maul
2000
Star Wars: Science Adventures Books (as Jude Watson)
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Emergency in Escape Pod Four
1999
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Journey Across Planet X
1999
Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi Books (as Jude Watson, with John Van Fleet)
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The Desperate Mission
2005
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Dark Warning
2005
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Underworld
2005
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Death on Naboo
2006
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A Tangled Web
2006
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Return of the Dark Side
2006
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Secret Weapon
2007
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Against the Empire
2007
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Master of Deception
2008
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Reckoning
2008
The 39 Clues Books
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The Maze of Bones ( By: Rick Riordan)
2008
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One False Note ( By: Gordon Korman)
2008
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The Sword Thief ( By: Peter Lerangis)
2009
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Beyond the Grave ( As: Jude Watson)
2009
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The Black Circle (By: Patrick Carman)
2009
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In Too Deep ( As: Jude Watson)
2009
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The Viper's Nest ( By: Peter Lerangis)
2010
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The 39 Clues: Agent Handbook (By: Scholastic Inc.)
2010
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The Emperor's Code ( By: Gordon Korman)
2010
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Storm Warning ( By: Linda Sue Park)
2010
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Into the Gauntlet ( By: Margaret Peterson Haddix)
2010
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Vespers Rising (As: Jude Watson)
2011
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The Black Book of Buried Secrets (Companion Book) (By: Rick Riordan)