Known by her grandchildren as Gramma Judy, and to her friends as Jude; Judith Jean (Walts) Miller was born and raised on a farm in Mid-Michigan. “Because I was young when my children were born, I grew up with them. I made up stories to tell them and then we acted the stories out. Great elaborate plots of sneaking through the woods looking for bad guys or burying treasure, making a map and the next year, digging up our treasure. I now use some of those incidents as background for the children’s stories I write.” Judy has one sister Susan, born when Judy was thirteen. She also has four grown children, a son and three daughters and eight grandchildren. Judy has many flower gardens, two bird feeders, squirrel and rabbit feeding areas and watering containers for all. She also enjoys cross-stitching and making blankets for the Linua Project.   

A graduate of two creative writing courses at the Institute for Children's Literature.
three illustrated children's books published.
A "how-to" article published in Playmate magazine.