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Judith Michael is the pseudonym of the husband-and-wife writing team of Judith Barnard (February 17, 1932 – May 6, 2026) and Michael Fain (born 1936). They lived in Chicago and Aspen.[1]
Biography
editBarnard was born Judith Goldman in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of shoe store owner Samuel Goldman and Ruth (Eisenstat) Goldman.[2] Her parents divorced when she was a child and her mother married Harry Barnard, a journalist, biographer and historian, and the family relocated to Chicago.[3][2] She attended Antioch College from 1949 to 1950, received a B.A. from Ohio State University in 1953, and an M.F.A. from Northwestern University in 1962.[4] She worked as a journalist, critic, educational film writer, biographer, and editor.[4] Under her own name, she wrote the novel The Past and Present of Solomon Sorge (1967), which won the Award of Excellence from the Friends of American Literature.[4]
Fain grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago.[5] He worked for over twenty years as an optical and mechanical engineer in high-tech companies in the United States and Canada, including NASA.[5][6] He also published numerous scientific articles and photographs in newspapers, magazines, and scientific journals under his own name.[5]
The couple married in 1979 and began their literary partnership by producing articles on marriage and family life for periodicals including Redbook, Reader's Digest, and Ladies' Home Journal.[4] They then turned to fiction, and as Judith Michael published eleven bestselling contemporary novels, beginning with Deceptions in 1982.[1] Their novels have been translated into forty languages.[5]
Judith Barnard died of heart failure on May 6, 2026, at the age of 94.[2]
Bibliography
editas Judith Barnard
edit- The Past and Present of Solomon Sorge (1967)
- Crooked Branches on the Family Tree (2018)
as Judith Michael
edit- Deceptions (1982)
- Possessions (1984)
- Private Affairs (1986)
- Inheritance (1988)
- A Ruling Passion (1990)
- Sleeping Beauty (1991)
- Pot of Gold (1993)
- A Tangled Web (1994)
- Acts of Love (1997)
- A Certain Smile (1999)
- The Real Mother (2005)
References
edit- 1 2 "Judith Michael". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Judith Barnard, of Best-Selling 'Judith Michael' Fame, Dies at 94". The New York Times. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Column: Remembering Chicago's Judith Barnard, half of a bestselling novelist team". Chicago Tribune. 2026-06-02. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
- 1 2 3 4 "Barnard, Judith 1932–". Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Gale. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Michael Fain". Aspen Center for Physics. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
- ↑ "Michael Fain". Illinois Center for the Book. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
Sources
edit- "Judith Barnard", Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, entry updated 13 February 2001