judywhite

judywhite is author and photographer of the highly acclaimed Taylor's Guide to Orchids (Houghton Mifflin 1996), as well as Bloom-Again Orchids (Timber Press 2009), which both were awarded Garden Writers Association Awards for Book Writing. A past trustee of the American Orchid Society (AOS), she was honored with the AOS Medal for outstanding service to the orchid community. A former research biologist and past editor-in-chief of one of the world's first mega-gardening Web sites, Time Life's Virtual Garden, judywhite began her writing life as a humor columnist for Seventeen Magazine.

Her drama-comedy screenplay, "Lies I Told My Little Sister," was made into a feature film, released on DVD, and streamed on Amazon Prime and other platforms. It won 12 film festival awards, including 4 Best of the Fest, and Best Screenplay for judywhite.

She is a contributor to the book of essays, Shades of Blue.

A well-known garden photographer, judywhite’s horticultural images have graced many books and publications, and has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution.

A dual Irish and American citizen with homes in both countries, she is proud to say she has killed orchids on both sides of the Atlantic.

Visit her Web site at archive.gardenphotos. com