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Judi Blaze is a novelist, former print and media journalist, editor, and screenwriter. She has published three novels, a book of short stories, a memoir, and many novels and screenplays in the works. In her 40 years as a professional writer, she has garnered many awards for her short stories, which have appeared in several anthologies. Her books include: Riding on a Rainbow, On Indian Time, Beach People, Normal People are Those We Don’t Know Well, and her award-winning memoir, Riding in the Backseat with My Brother.

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Judi Blaze is a novelist, former print and media journalist, editor, and screenwriter. She has published three novels, a book of short stories, a memoir, and many novels and screenplays in the works. In her 40 years as a professional writer, she has garnered many awards for her short stories, which have appeared in several anthologies. Her books include: Riding on a Rainbow, On Indian Time, Beach People, Normal People are Those We Don’t Know Well, and her award-winning memoir, Riding in the Backseat with My Brother. She has been an editor for almost 20 years and has ghostwritten eBooks for others.

SQUID JIGGERS, a multi-award-winning short story, is now her feature-length screenplay based on the story. She has also written six short scripts: Roommates, Sign on the Bloody Line, Baby’s Gone, Stealing Sobriety, Your Secrets Will Get You High, and Nightmare in a Jar.

Short story Awards: Willamette Writers Kay Snow short story competition. First Place American Writing Awards, Finalist, Riding in the Backseat with My Brother Oregon Writer's Colony 2015. Short Story/script; Honorable mention, Stealing Sobriety. New Millennium Writing Non-Fiction Finalist, Baby’s Gone Her novel Orchid Island (unpublished) was selected for the University of Southern Florida’s anthology. An excerpt from the same novel was selected for the Chick Lit Review. Her awards in screenwriting include: Squid Jiggers: Screenplay Festival 2018. Honorable Mention, Finalist in the Women in Cinema competition Semi-Finalist in the Nashville Screenwriters Competition: for her first feature, SQUID JIGGERS, based on her award-winning short story of the same name. Write Movies Summer Competition: Quarter Finalist: Squid Jiggers Screenplay Festival: Finalist, Squid Jiggers Short screenplays: American Gem; a short screenplay, Sign on the Bloody Line. 2017: Selected to co-write 'Woodstock or Bust' for Big Kid Films, Portland, Oregon. It is a feature released in 2017. Judi Blaze has been an editor and ghostwriter for the past 12 years. She has many books and screenplays in the works. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her dog, Bentley.

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