name: Judy Goldschmidt
avg_rating: 3.7
ratings_count: 536
about: Judy Goldschmidt is the author of the popular Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriguez series, which follows a young girl as she leaves her childhood home and must make new friends. Judy first got the idea when a friend of hers was using Crest whitening strips to whiten her teeth and Judy wondered whether or not the strips could be used to put highlights in someone’s hair. Deciding that this was a funny question for a character to ask, Judy decided to write a book based around such a character and the Raisin Rodriguez story was born.Unlike Raisin, Judy attended a private religious school and sometimes feels like she missed out on the quintessential thirteen year old experiences. Looking back, Judy recalls her own teenage years a bit differently than Judy Goldschmidt is the author of the popular Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriguez series, which follows a young girl as she leaves her childhood home and must make new friends. Judy first got the idea when a friend of hers was using Crest whitening strips to whiten her teeth and Judy wondered whether or not the strips could be used to put highlights in someone’s hair. Deciding that this was a funny question for a character to ask, Judy decided to write a book based around such a character and the Raisin Rodriguez story was born.Unlike Raisin, Judy attended a private religious school and sometimes feels like she missed out on the quintessential thirteen year old experiences. Looking back, Judy recalls her own teenage years a bit differently than the character Raisin. Judy often wishes she could be as funny as Raisin.Currently, Judy lives in the Big Apple – New York City. ...more