Judy Alter Explained

Judy Alter
Birth Date:22 July 1938
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Period:1978–2024
Genre:Historical fiction
Cozy mysteries
Subject:Texas and the American West
Chicago
Alma Mater:University of Chicago
Truman State University
Texas Christian University

Judy Alter (born July 22, 1938 - died July 13, 2024)[1] is an American novelist and author of both fiction and nonfiction for adults and young adults. Alter writes primarily about the history and literature of Texas and the American West, especially the experiences of women in the nineteenth century. She has also written sixteen cozy mysteries, primarily set in Texas. Over fifty of her young adult non-fiction books have been published for school libraries by Franklin Watts and Scholastic.

Education

Alter grew up in Chicago, where she attended public schools. After two years at Cornell College she earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Chicago. She went on to earn an M.Ed. at Truman State University in Missouri and then earned her Ph.D. with a special interest in western American literature at Texas Christian University (TCU).[2]

TCU Press

Prior to becoming an author, Alter worked for TCU Press, first as editor[3] and, then as director.[4] She retired in 2009 and began writing.

Honors and awards

Judy Alter is a past president of Western Writers of America and former secretary of the Texas Institute of Letters. She holds awards from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame, the Texas Institute of Letters,[5] and Western Writers of America (WWA), including the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement,[6] and was inducted into the WWA Hall of Fame in June 2015[7] and the Fort Worth Public Library Hall of Fame. She was named one of the Outstanding Women of Fort Worth by the mayor in 1988 and was included by the Dallas Morning News in a list of a hundred women who have left their mark on Texas. In 2016 Judy was a finalist for the Will Rogers Medallion Award for her cookbook, Texas Is Chili Country.[8] She is a member of Sisters in Crime and its Guppies subgroup, the Texas Institute of Letters, and Women Writing the West.

Works

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Historical fiction

Young-adult fiction

Mysteries

Kelly O-Connell mysteries

Blue Plate Cafe mysteries

Oak Grove mysteries

Other

Cookbooks

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dfw/name/judith-alter-obituary?id=55629953&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2tMpq0emVsQv8J6OdSIj__b5ifqAaNx9nQVLzFvF4PCatHFpptwnRmL34_aem_eLnlTki0zzxauQp7-LCm1A#:~:text=Judy%20was%20a%20friend%20to,fabulous%20parties%20and%20happy%20hours
  2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-alter-14b753b/
  3. https://star-telegram.newspapers.com/image/638594803/?terms=Judy%20Alter&match=1
  4. https://star-telegram.newspapers.com/image/641146858/?terms=%22fort%20worth%20public%22%20library%20hall%20of%20fame%20Judy%20Alter&match=3
  5. Web site: Texas Institute of Letters: Literary Awards. www.texasinstituteofletters.org.
  6. Web site: The Owen Wister Award. May 15, 2012.
  7. Web site: Western Writers of America Hall of Fame. August 29, 2014.
  8. https://www.willrogersmedallionaward.net/2016-wrma-finalists Will Rogers Medallion Award list
  9. Web site: Goodreads list of books by Judy Alter. www.goodreads.com.

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