Judith Helen Vigna (born 1936 ) 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,

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, homosexuality, racism, death of beloved ones, monoparental families, depression, among others. The only information known about her is from the biographies at the end of her books.

Biography

Judith Vigna was born in 1936, in England, and studied art both in London and in New York. In 1987 she received the

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for her book ''Nobody Wants a Nuclear War.''

Bibliography

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'' () *'' Black Like Kyra, White Like Me'' () * ''She's not my real mother'' * ''Saying goodbye to Daddy'' () * ''Gregory's stitches'' * ''Zio Pasquale's Zoo'' * ''Grandma without me'' * ''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)

References

1936 births American women children's writers American children's writers Year of death missing {{US-child-writer-stub