Born in Madison, Wisconsin, she now lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

From "Contemporary Authors":

"...Critics disagree whether Gorog's work is too macabre for young people. While Washington Post Book World's Margaret Camp described the suffocation of a
small boy at the end of "The Perfect Solution" from Three Dreams and a Nightmare, as "too
disturbing" for children, Evans stated that the unexpected ending will make readers "chuckle." Ironically, some reviewers criticize Gorog's work for being not scary enough. Joan Lowery Nixon wrote in the Los Angeles Times Book Review that No Swimming in
Dark Pond and Other Chilling Tales was misnamed and "could disappoint young readers who expect the stories to be frightening enough to cause a few shivers." Gorog's aim may be not to simply scare her readers but to provide them with an intriguing and
ironic imaginative experience..."

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/judith-gorog/
(brief bio and photo)

https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Gorog__Judith
(longer bio)

https://www.google.com/search?q=judith+gorog+books&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLpdCxpqXfAhULpFkKHdl3B1UQ_AUIDigB
(book covers)

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/judith-gorog/
(more covers)

https://www.google.com/search?q=judith+gorog&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMrev2pqXfAhWwwVkKHaB3BgUQ_AUIFCgB&biw=1600&bih=759
(synopses)

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/judith-gorog/
(Kirkus reviews)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/449922.Judith_Gorog
(reader reviews)

https://indecentandimmortal.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/on-childrens-literature-and-censorship-a-brief-look-at-art-literary-theory-scary-stories/
("On Children’s Literature and Censorship – A Brief Look at Art, Literary Theory & Scary Stories" - Gorog is briefly mentioned)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n3UiXyKJ4g
(video of "Those Three Wishes" - modernized?)

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

A Taste for Quiet and Other Disquieting Tales, illustrated by Jeanne Titherington, Philomel, 1982, published in England as When Flesh Begins to Creep, Gollancz, 1986.
Caught in the Turtle, illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, Philomel, 1983.
No Swimming in Dark Pond and Other Chilling Tales, Philomel, 1987.
Three Dreams and a Nightmare and Other Tales of the Dark, Philomel, 1988.

In a Messy, Messy Room, and Other Strange Stories, illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root, Philomel, 1990.
Winning Scheherazade, Atheneum, 1991.
On Meeting Witches at Wells, Philomel, 1991.
Please Do Not Touch, Scholastic, Inc., 1993.
When Nobody's Home: Thirteen Tales for Tonight, Scholastic, 1994.
Zilla Sasparilla and the Mud Baby, Candlewick, 1995.
In a Creepy, Creepy Place and Other Scary Stories, HarperCollins, 1996.

"Work represented in anthologies, including 100 Great Fantasy Short Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, and Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1984; The Ghost Treasury, selected by Linda Sonntag, illustrated by Annabel Spenceley, Kingfisher, 1992;
Read All About It!, edited by Jim Trelease, Learning Tree, 1993; and Don't Give
Up the Ghost, edited by David Gale, Dell, 1993."



Lenona.

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