0 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:0.0

Judith Stoleson’s Followers (3)

Judith’s Bookshelves

to-read (1)
currently-reading (0)
read (0)
a-life-of-barbara-stanwyck (0)
on-my-own (0)

Judith Stoleson

Goodreads Author

Born

Chicago, Illinois, The United States

Genre

Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Member Since

January 2016

edit data

I was born in Chicago, Illinois. My mom was a widow at 32 and went to work as a secretary to support my 11 year old brother and myself at age 4. I loved going to the Loop (downtown Chicago) attending plays and going to museums. In college I majored in English and met my husband-to-be, Roger. We spent our honeymoon driving over the mountains in February in a used '49 Ford to Seattle, Washington. I've had several careers--travel agent, pre school French teacher, freelance writer. I've written everything from children's stories, travel articles, a family history, and my current book, The King's Man, which was based on the life of Sir William Coffin. Part of my research for the book involved a visit to the Coffin estate off the coast of Devon, ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Judith Stoleson questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

How do you get inspired to write?

Judith Stoleson I grew up a city girl in Chicago. My father died when I was four so my mother had to go to work as a secretary. That meant I spent a lot of time by my…moreI grew up a city girl in Chicago. My father died when I was four so my mother had to go to work as a secretary. That meant I spent a lot of time by myself. To keep me out of trouble when I was eight, I was allowed to go to the movies three times a week. (This was before TV.) Sometimes, I didn't have a dime for a ticket, so the manager would let me pick up candy wrappers and other scraps outside of the theater for admission. Watching those amazing stories on the big screen sparked my imagination--Cary Grant chasing a tiger in "Bringing up Baby," Judy Garland singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Peter Fonda driving a rattle-trap truck to California to scrape out a living during the Depression. I didn't do any writing then but acted out the characters I'd seen. Those movies and the emotions they stirred stayed with me and helped me create my own stories when I grew older.(less)

flag

like
Comment

See 1 answer from Judith Stoleson…

Combine Editions
Judith Stoleson’s books

Average rating: 4.0 · 1 rating · 0 reviews · 1 distinct work

The King's Man

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

31 posts
Judith Stoleson's Blog: Tudor Trials

Tudor Wards and Their Abuses

The Court of Wards and Liveries was established during Tudor Times. It is a crucial element in the plot of The King's Man. If a father, who was a member of the upper class, died while his heir was a minor, he or she became a ward to the king who could sell the wardship to a lord of equal or higher class or the king could give the wardship to a royal servant or minister as a reward for service. In Read more of this blog post »

Like • 0 comments • flag