Judith Viorst
webcast
Children's Pavilion
4-4:30 pm
Book Signing
2-3 pm
During her long and varied career, Judith Viorst has worked as a garment district model and children's book editor. She was a columnist for Redbook magazine for 25 years and worked for two years as a therapist following six years of training. In addition to her best-selling books of poetry for adults, including I'm Too Young to Be Seventy: And Other Delusions (2005), she has written science, adult fiction and nonfiction and three musicals that are still performed on stages around the country. Her famous picture and poetry books for children include the most recent book, Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest (Athenaeum, 2006). Ms. Viorst lives in Washington, D.C.