Biography

Judith Viorst was born on February 2, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer, known for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970) and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip (2025). She has been married to Milton Viorst since January 30, 1960. They have three children.

Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Volume 155, pages 416-422. Farmington Hills, Michigan, 2007.

She lives in Washington DC with her husband and writer, Milton Viorst. She has three sons. She was a graduate from Rutgers University in New Jersey and the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute in Washington D.C.

On self-respect: Self-confidence: When you think that your greatest fault is being too hard on yourself.

On growth: How will I ever be able to tell if what I achieve in life ought to be called serenity -- not surrender?