Story List and Biography
For Judith Nakken
J. R. (Judith) Nakken was raised on the South Dakota prairie in the 1940’s and ‘50’s (see her Grand Prize-winning memoir, Confessions of a Martian Schoolgirl.) She pursued a career in accounting and finance, having received a few rejection slips in the late 1950’s, and didn’t write for publication until she retired to the incomparable Tulalip Indian Reservation in NW Washington state at Y2K with her soulmate, Dale, and some entitled felines.
Judith credits her Storyhouse publications early in the new millennium as the impetus that fueled her writing frenzy. Her first book, Three-Point Shot, was runner-up in its category in the Writers Digest competition. She now has five published books, a couple of small prizes and the nearly-major one for Confessions, and paraphrases Robert Frost when she states, “I have reams to write before I sleep.”
Her story here, Love Song with Hummingbirds, is an excerpt from Sweet Grass Season, published in 2003 by Imago Press. It earned a 5-star review from Midwest Book Review and is still available from Amazon.
Jacey Cameron in the Lost State of Franklin, for middle grade girls, interweaves accurate historical facts with an exciting fictional adventure story. You can purchase it here.
Judith moved to a teeny town in Oklahoma after the death of her beloved husband. There she continues to edit manuscripts for new authors and in spare time attempts to finish the Jacey book number two. She is able assisted by two Okie felines, Choskay and Wynona.
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