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| name = Judith Vigna
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| education = [[St. Martin's School of Art]]
[[Queens College]]
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| years_active = 1975–present
| known_for = Writing children's books
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'''Judith Vigna''' (Gedney, 23 April 1936 - Rome, 24 June 2019) was an English writer who became famous in the late 1990s and early 2000s because of her children's books that treat controversial topics such as drug addiction, alcoholism, homosexuality, racism, death of beloved ones, monoparental families, depression, among others. Little is known about her because of the scarse information provided by any source
'''Judith Helen Vigna''' (born 1936<ref name=hub-something /> ) was<!-- "was"? has she died? --> a British-American writer who became known in the late 1990s and early 2000s because of her children's books that covered controversial topics such as drug addiction, [[alcoholism]], homosexuality, racism, death of beloved ones, monoparental families, depression, among others.

== Biography ==
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Judith Vigna was born in 1936,<ref name="hub-something">{{cite book |title=Catalogue record with table of contents for "Something about the author. Volume 102" |url=https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=judith+vigna&rn=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731095955/https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=judith+vigna&rn=4|archive-date=31 July 2022 |publisher=Library Hub Discover |accessdate=31 July 2022 |quote=Judith Vigna (1936-)|isbn = 9780787619848|year = 1999}}</ref> in England, and studied art both in London and in New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judith Vigna, Author at Albert Whitman & Company |url=https://www.albertwhitman.com/author/judith-vigna/ |website=Albert Whitman & Company |access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref>
In 1987 she received the [[Jane Addams Children's Book Award]] for her book ''Nobody Wants a Nuclear War.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=CCBC: Jane Addams Book Award|url=http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjab/jaddams.htm|access-date=31 July 2022|website=www.ux1.eiu.edu}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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She started publishing books mainly in 1980s and 1990s
She published books mainly in the 1980s and 1990s.


* ''I live with Daddy
* ''I live with Daddy''
* ''Daddy's new baby
* ''Daddy's new baby''
* ''Mommy and me by ourselves again
* ''Mommy and me by ourselves again''
* ''Anyhow, I'm glad I tried
* ''Anyhow, I'm glad I tried''
* ''Everyone goes as a pumpkin
* ''Everyone goes as a pumpkin''
* ''When Eric's mom fought cancer
* ''When Eric's mom fought cancer''
* ''Couldn't we have a turtle instead?
* ''Couldn't we have a turtle instead?''
* ''Boot weather'' ({{ISBN|978-0-8075-0837-4}})<ref name="pw-boot">{{cite news |title=Boot Weather |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780807508374 |accessdate=5 March 2020 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>
* ''Boot weather
*''[[Black Like Kyra, White Like Me]]'' ({{ISBN|978-0-8075-0778-0}})<ref name="pw-kyra">{{cite news |title=Black Like Kyra, White Like Me |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780807507780 |accessdate=5 March 2020 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>
* ''She's not my real mother
* ''She's not my real mother''
* ''Saying goodbye to Daddy
* ''Saying goodbye to Daddy'' ({{ISBN|0807572535}})<ref name="daddy">{{cite web |title=Saying Goodby to Daddy |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/judith-vigna-3/saying-goodbye-to-daddy-2/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |accessdate=5 March 2020 |language=en |date=15 January 1991 |quote=Another purposeful bibliotherapeutic story from this practiced author}}</ref>
* ''Gregory's stitches
* ''Zio Pasquale's Zoo
* ''Gregory's stitches''
* ''Grandma without me
* ''Zio Pasquale's Zoo''
* ''Grandma without me''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Golding |first1=Jacqueline |title=Healing Stories: Picture Books for the Big and Small Changes in a Child's Life |date=8 August 2006 |publisher=M. Evans |isbn=978-1-4617-3388-1 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CUNDGom0IHMC&dq=%22judith+vigna%22&pg=PA170 |access-date=31 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''My Big Sister Takes Drugs
* ''My Big Sister Takes Drugs''
* ''Uncle Alfredo's zoo
* ''The hiding house
* ''Uncle Alfredo's zoo''
* ''The hiding house''
* ''I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much
* ''The little boy who loved dirt and almost became a Superslob
* ''I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much''
* ''The little boy who loved dirt and almost became a Superslob''
* ''Nobody Wants a Nuclear War
* ''Nobody Wants a Nuclear War''
* ''My Two Uncles'' (1995)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Emmanuel S. |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States [2 volumes] |date=14 July 2009 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-34860-0 |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmhFCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA123 |access-date=31 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''My Two Uncles'' (1995)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* http://www.holytaco.com/the-amazing-world-of-judith-vigna/


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Latest revision as of 03:33, 24 January 2024

Judith Vigna
Born
Judith Vigna
EducationSt. Martin's School of Art Queens College
Occupations
  • advertising copywriter
  • author
  • illustrator
Years active1975–present
Known forWriting children's books

Judith Helen Vigna (born 1936[1] ) was a British-American writer who became known in the late 1990s and early 2000s because of her children's books that covered controversial topics such as drug addiction, alcoholism, homosexuality, racism, death of beloved ones, monoparental families, depression, among others.

Biography

[edit]

Judith Vigna was born in 1936,[1] in England, and studied art both in London and in New York.[2] In 1987 she received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for her book Nobody Wants a Nuclear War.[3]

Bibliography

[edit]

She published books mainly in the 1980s and 1990s.

  • I live with Daddy
  • Daddy's new baby
  • Mommy and me by ourselves again
  • Anyhow, I'm glad I tried
  • Everyone goes as a pumpkin
  • When Eric's mom fought cancer
  • Couldn't we have a turtle instead?
  • Boot weather (ISBN 978-0-8075-0837-4)[4]
  • Black Like Kyra, White Like Me (ISBN 978-0-8075-0778-0)[5]
  • She's not my real mother
  • Saying goodbye to Daddy (ISBN 0807572535)[6]
  • Gregory's stitches
  • Zio Pasquale's Zoo
  • Grandma without me[7]
  • My Big Sister Takes Drugs
  • Uncle Alfredo's zoo
  • The hiding house
  • I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much
  • The little boy who loved dirt and almost became a Superslob
  • Nobody Wants a Nuclear War
  • My Two Uncles (1995)[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Catalogue record with table of contents for "Something about the author. Volume 102". Library Hub Discover. 1999. ISBN 9780787619848. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. Judith Vigna (1936-)
  2. ^ "Judith Vigna, Author at Albert Whitman & Company". Albert Whitman & Company. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ^ "CCBC: Jane Addams Book Award". www.ux1.eiu.edu. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Boot Weather". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Black Like Kyra, White Like Me". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Saying Goodby to Daddy". Kirkus Reviews. 15 January 1991. Retrieved 5 March 2020. Another purposeful bibliotherapeutic story from this practiced author
  7. ^ Golding, Jacqueline (8 August 2006). Healing Stories: Picture Books for the Big and Small Changes in a Child's Life. M. Evans. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-4617-3388-1. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ^ Nelson, Emmanuel S. (14 July 2009). Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-313-34860-0. Retrieved 31 July 2022.


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