Kirkwood, Judy: - Award-winning writer and editor Judy Kirkwood has worked on numerous book projects in a range of fields as a ghostwriter, cowriter, developmental and copy editor, and book doctor for over three decades. She is also the author of hundreds of lifestyle and health articles for dozens of publications and websites. Kirkwood was a major contributor to thirdage.com, a health and wellness site for women, and on the original Parent Advisory Board for Partnership for a Drug-Free America (now Partnership to End Addiction), drugfree.org. Twirling in a Beam of Light, a book of her poetry on love, motherhood, grief, loss and spirituality, is slated for publication in April 2024. A resident of Delray Beach, Florida, Judy is the mother of two adult sons and grandmother to four girls.