"I take a lot of those feelings, hug them, wrap them carefully in some words, and present them in a book with an invisible card that says, maybe this'll help a little--make you laugh-- make you feel you're not alone," Angell related in a Bradbury Press publicity release. The author currently publishes three different categories of novels under separate pen-names. She has been writing longest under the name Judie Angell, producing works for and about pre-teens and younger teenagers. Since the late 1970s, she has explored darker subjects for older teenagers under the pseudonym Fran Arrick. Most recently, Angell has adopted the name Maggie Twohill to fashion books suited to a younger audience.
Blending serious emotions with humorous circumstances, Judie Angell's novels explore both common and unique issues that young people face--in their families, with their peers, and with authority figures. Most of Angell's protagonists are experiencing transitions, and they tend to be clever and creative in meeting the challenges involved in moving toward adulthood. Angell's first book, In Summertime It's Tuffy, issued in 1977, is based on the author's fifteen summers away at camp as a camper, counselor-in-training, senior counselor, and dramatics counselor.
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