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Judith Guest | |
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| Born | (1936-03-29)March 29, 1936 (age 89) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | University of Michigan (BA) |
| Period | 1976–present |
| Genre | Literary fiction,mystery |
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Judith Guest (born March 29, 1936) is an Americannovelist andscreenwriter. She was born inDetroit, Michigan and is the great-niece ofPoet LaureateEdgar Guest (1881–1959).[1] She is a recipient of theJanet Heidinger Kafka Prize.
Guest attended Detroit'sMumford High School in 1951.[1] When her family moved toRoyal Oak, she transferred toRoyal Oak High School;[1] she graduated in 1954. Guest then studied English andpsychology at theUniversity of Michigan.[1] She was also a member ofSigma Kappa sorority.[citation needed] Guest graduated with aBA in education.[1]
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 in1976, was the basis of the1980 filmOrdinary People that won theAcademy Award for Best Picture.[1]This novel and two others,Second Heaven (1982) andErrands (1997), are aboutadolescents forced to deal with crises in their families. Guest also wrote the screenplay for the 1987 filmRachel River.[1]
Guest co-authored the mysteryKilling Time in St. Cloud (1988) with novelist Rebecca Hill. Guest's most recent book,The Tarnished Eye (2004), is loosely based on a real unsolved crime in her native Michigan.
Guest was married for nearly 50 years to her college sweetheart, businessman Larry LaVercombe (1936-2009). Guest, her three sons, and their families, reside inEdina, Minnesota.[2][3][1]
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