Interestingly, the feisty third-grader is highly popular with boys and girls, making for a strong base of fans who are among Megan McDonald's strongest incentives to keep writing, along with 'too many ideas and a little chocolate.' And now - by popular demand - Judy Moody's little brother, Stink, gets his chance to star in his own adventures! Beginning with STINK: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING KID, three more stories, and his own encyclopedia, STINK-O-PEDIA, Stink's special style comes through loud and strong - enhanced by a series of comic strips, drawn by Stink himself, which are sprinkled throughout the first book. 'Judy has taken on a life of her own,' the author notes, with nearly 3 million Judy Moody books in print. 'I'm told I began to stutter,' she says, leading her mother to give her a notebook so she could start 'writing things down.'Ĭritically acclaimed, the Judy Moody books have won numerous awards, ranging from a PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Book of the Year to an International Reading Association Children's Choice.

Her father, an ironworker, was known to his coworkers as 'Little Johnny the Storyteller.' Every evening at dinner the McDonalds would gather to talk and tell stories, but Megan McDonald was barely able to get a word in edgewise. She grew up as the youngest of five sisters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I like that.'įor Megan McDonald, being able to speak up for herself wasn't always easy. Judy has a strong voice and always speaks up for herself. 'Sometimes I think I am Judy Moody,' says Megan McDonald, author of the Judy Moody series, the Stink series, and THE SISTERS CLUB.

Meet Julie by Megan McDonald