**Jude Watson**, pseudonym for *Judy Blundell*, is a distinguished American author known for her works targeting middle grade, young adult, and adult readers. She garnered acclaim by winning the prestigious *National Book Award for Young People's Literature* in 2008 for her young adult novel, *What I Saw and How I Lied*, published under her real name by *Scholastic Books*. Residing in Katonah, New York, Judy shares her life with her husband, Neil Watson, the Director of the Katonah Museum of Art, and their daughter.