About the Author
Judith Raphael Kletter was born in Providence, Rhode Island and moved to Fall River, Massachusetts with her mother when she was almost ten years old. She received her BA degree from Emerson College, in Boston, where she worked as a Public Welfare Social Worker. In 1968 she married Michael E. Kletter, a college classmate, who was working as a Production Coordinator at Screen Gems Television in Hollywood, California.
They have two daughters, Elisa (26) and Jennifer (24), who they raised, in Westchester County, New York. Judy has had a long and diverse career in media research and healthcare communications, in addition to working eighteen years at Reader's Digest as an Associate Art Editor for the International Editions.
She continues to reside in Westchester County, New York with her husband Michael, a Partner at Creative 4 Media, a media communications company. She is a member of the American Association of Suicidology.