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About Judith A. Barrett
Award-winning Author Judith A. Barrett lives in rural Georgia with her husband, 2 dogs, 40 hens, abundant wildlife, wild birds, and beautiful butterflies. Her favorite place to write is close to a window where she can see the trees and hear the birds. A wren visits regularly and taps on the window - the encouragement of a feathered fan or editor?
Find her on the web and subscribe to her newsletter to stay in touch. www.judithabarrett.com
AWARDS
I ALWAYS WANT TO BE A SPY, MAGGIE SLOAN MYSTERY SERIES, BOOK 1 received the 2019 New Apple Literary Award for Excellence in Publishing.
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DANGER IN THE CLOUDS, GRID DOWN SURVIVAL SERIES, BOOK 1 received the top ten finalist award in the Independent Author Network International 2020 Book of the Year and the Bronze Medal in the 2019 Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award
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SWEET DEAL CONCEALED, DONUT LADY MYSTERY SERIES, BOOK 2 received the Bronze Medal in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards.
Find her on the web and subscribe to her newsletter to stay in touch. www.judithabarrett.com
AWARDS
I ALWAYS WANT TO BE A SPY, MAGGIE SLOAN MYSTERY SERIES, BOOK 1 received the 2019 New Apple Literary Award for Excellence in Publishing.
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DANGER IN THE CLOUDS, GRID DOWN SURVIVAL SERIES, BOOK 1 received the top ten finalist award in the Independent Author Network International 2020 Book of the Year and the Bronze Medal in the 2019 Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award
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SWEET DEAL CONCEALED, DONUT LADY MYSTERY SERIES, BOOK 2 received the Bronze Medal in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards.
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Blog postOnly the vet tech can identify a serial killer … if she can put the pieces together before she is murdered.
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Blog postMy goal for 2020 was to write and publish four books.
One of the four books I planned was a complete rewrite of a novella because it was Book 1 of a series. Little did I know in my younger years – back in the day – of 2018 that a novella is not Book 1 of a series of novels; instead, it is Book 0.5. Learning is fun. And hard. New Book 1 became a novel and is officially Second Edition of Book 1.
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Blog postRECAP 2018 Goals: Publish a book Results: Published two books
2019 Goals: Publish four books and earn a prestigious award Results: Published four books and received three prestigious awards.
2020 Goals: Publish four books, receive a prestigious award, sell one book through a bookstore; and stretch goal, end the year with a POSITIVE net income
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The Independent Author Network announced the Winners for the International 2020 Book of the Year Awards!
DANGER IN THE CLOUDS was selected as a finalist in the category of Science Fiction where the TOP NINE Science Fiction novels for 2020 were recognized out of thousands of nominations.
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We started our chicken journey with eight chickens in February 2014. The one-day-old chick is a Buff Orpington. This one could be Eva, Joanna, Ruthie, or Leah. The other four chicks were Black Australorps: Lydia, Ninja, Sarah, and Rachel.
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Books By Judith A. Barrett
Sweet Deal Sealed (DONUT LADY MYSTERY SERIES Book 1)
Feb 28, 2020
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Donut Lady sifts through clues…the killer stalks her.
Karen O’Brien moves to her hometown in southern Georgia and buys a charming, old-fashioned donut shop, complete with the owner's dog, cat, and secret recipes. She begins her new life as the Donut Lady.
She struggles to adapt to civilian life, solve the prison murder, and find a neglected boy who suddenly disappeared from his sketchy living conditions. While the Donut Lady searches for the missing boy and pursues clues to solve the prison murder, she realizes the killer stalks her.
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Karen O’Brien, Donut Lady. After a violent man who threatened her is murdered, her nightmares foretell of a second murder.
Karen is a retired teacher and convicted felon. Despite the nightmares and shadows from her years in prison that still plague her, she looks forward to a new, quiet life in her small hometown where she buys a donut shop complete with a sweet German Shepherd, Colonel, and a sassy gray cat, Mia. All does not go as planned - the fact that everyone in town does not welcome her is only the beginning of her troubles
When the unknown killer stalks the Donut Lady, will she be fierce and save herself or will she be the next to die?
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Power grid collapses. He has the key to stop his enemy. His nemesis waits.
Major's life on the farm abruptly changes after a cyberattack causes the collapse of the US power grid and the economy crashes. His autistic granddaughter’s uncanny ability to see danger draws the attention of Major’s nemesis who intends to control the US government. The attacks on the farm fuel Major’s drive to stop the traitor even though others tried and tragically failed. Major does not intend to die.
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NEW RELEASE! Riley Malloy has a remarkable talent for understanding her veterinary patients. Unknowingly, she’s also the only one who can identify a serial killer.
As one murder follows another, the evidence she discovers may lead her to expose the murderer’s scheme.
When she gets too close, Riley finds herself in the crosshairs of the desperate killer as he escalates to a final murder. Can Riley escape his deadly intentions?
As one murder follows another, the evidence she discovers may lead her to expose the murderer’s scheme.
When she gets too close, Riley finds herself in the crosshairs of the desperate killer as he escalates to a final murder. Can Riley escape his deadly intentions?
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KAREN O’BRIEN, DONUT LADY, has a knack for being at the wrong place at the right time. Does she get too close to revealing the truth? She witnesses a sketchy incident involving a good friend’s estranged husband. A drug deal? The man turns up dead on his wife’s porch. Was he murdered? Did the wife do it? After a second murder, DONUT LADY falls under suspicion, but is she actually the next target? Jack, her self-designated protector, can’t be everywhere. Her nightmares saved her once, but the murderer takes it to a personal level. She’s on her own.
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Donut Lady faces new challenges in the exciting saga of the DONUT LADY MYSTERY SERIES, BOOK 4.
Donut Lady’s life depends on her memories of her conniving ex-husband. The silent stalker intends for her to die.
The past haunts the Donut Lady when her dead husband’s sketchy brother arrives in town after he blocked her appeal to overturn her wrongful conviction. What’s he doing in her hometown? To add to her troubles, her self-designated protector, Jack, is arrested for assault on the taunting, no-good ex-brother-in-law who is later found dead in Jack’s yard.
Where does a counterfeiter fit in the puzzle? Only the dead husband knows.
Donut Lady’s life depends on her memories of her conniving ex-husband. The silent stalker intends for her to die.
The past haunts the Donut Lady when her dead husband’s sketchy brother arrives in town after he blocked her appeal to overturn her wrongful conviction. What’s he doing in her hometown? To add to her troubles, her self-designated protector, Jack, is arrested for assault on the taunting, no-good ex-brother-in-law who is later found dead in Jack’s yard.
Where does a counterfeiter fit in the puzzle? Only the dead husband knows.
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HIDDEN BY FIRE (MAGGIE SLOAN MYSTERY SERIES Book 3)
Aug 16, 2020
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MAGGIE’s fight for survival continues in Book Three of the Maggie Sloan Mystery Series saga.
Sudden attacks on Maggie escalate. Someone wants her dead.
Maggie, Larry, and her team investigate the puzzling clues that point to a long ago, unsolved theft of famous works of art from an art museum, but how is an old theft related to the attacks and a series of fires? Maggie intends to discover the truth. Her unknown enemy intends for her to die.
Sudden attacks on Maggie escalate. Someone wants her dead.
Maggie, Larry, and her team investigate the puzzling clues that point to a long ago, unsolved theft of famous works of art from an art museum, but how is an old theft related to the attacks and a series of fires? Maggie intends to discover the truth. Her unknown enemy intends for her to die.
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As Stuart, Aimee Louise, and Rosalie close in on the human trafficking ring, the desperate gang leader is driven by his obsession to kill them.
The unstoppable trio: Deputy Stuart, Aimee Louise, and Rosalie are on the road to Georgia.to pick up the badly injured FBI team that was ambushed, but vicious roadside attacks plague their trip. As Stuart and his companions uncover the truth about the seemingly random multistate kidnappings, the violence escalates, and everyone at Stuart’s family farm is in jeopardy.
The unstoppable trio: Deputy Stuart, Aimee Louise, and Rosalie are on the road to Georgia.to pick up the badly injured FBI team that was ambushed, but vicious roadside attacks plague their trip. As Stuart and his companions uncover the truth about the seemingly random multistate kidnappings, the violence escalates, and everyone at Stuart’s family farm is in jeopardy.
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MAGGIE SLOAN - former librarian, self-trained spy, literal, and brilliant – has the skills of a deadly assassin. Our Gray Lady accepts a two-week assignment in Galveston, Texas, to find a missing spy who trusts only her. Larry, her original police officer protector and “cousin” from her hometown, is her backup.The Gray Lady is rocking her new red boots as the fill-in cook at a diner, but before the end of her first week, she is shot. The attacks escalate and so does Maggie’s determination to solve the crimes. Note to bad guys: Maggie is irritated, and Larry and Maggie’s men are furious.Maggie and Larry struggle with the disturbing clues that point to the guilt of everyone they meet. How many more people will die before Maggie uncovers the vicious leader who has escaped detection for so long?RED IS THE NEW GRAY is BOOK 2 of MAGGIE SLOAN MYSTERY SERIES. Did you love MAGGIE in I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A SPY, BOOK 1? Here's more of MAGGIE and the guys.
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Major Elliott has run out of time. The power grid’s about to fail. The economy teeters on collapse. And life as he knows it on his farm is about to come to a devastating end.
When Major and his team travel to help a badly injured farmer, they’re plagued by vicious roadside attacks. Worse is the disturbing sighting of a truck filled with children—wearing masks.
And as an old nemesis gains release from prison and resumes his former job, Major’s convinced his enemy is the mastermind behind the electrical system’s imminent destruction, the scam to steal farms, and the blackmailing of law enforcement officers.
Haunted by the memories of the wide-eyed, masked children, Major vows to discover their plight and sets a trap, but has he taken the bait to become his enemy’s next victim in a deadly ambush?
When Major and his team travel to help a badly injured farmer, they’re plagued by vicious roadside attacks. Worse is the disturbing sighting of a truck filled with children—wearing masks.
And as an old nemesis gains release from prison and resumes his former job, Major’s convinced his enemy is the mastermind behind the electrical system’s imminent destruction, the scam to steal farms, and the blackmailing of law enforcement officers.
Haunted by the memories of the wide-eyed, masked children, Major vows to discover their plight and sets a trap, but has he taken the bait to become his enemy’s next victim in a deadly ambush?
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I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A SPY: A MAGGIE SLOAN THRILLER (MAGGIE SLOAN MYSTERY SERIES Book 1)
Feb 4, 2019
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Only a librarian with the soul of a spy could read the clues to stop a killer
A heart-wrenching murder changes her life forever, and Maggie transforms from prey to predator. Will the librarian with the soul of a spy and the unusual support team stop the desperate kingpin or will she become the latest victim? It all comes down to kill or be killed.
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The Girl Who Saw Clouds
Jun 1, 2018
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A MIDDLE-GRADE STORY OF SURVIVAL AND FAMILY... AIMEE LOUISE is a bright, quirky 14-year-old with autism who doesn’t see faces; instead, she sees clouds that reveal a person’s true emotions and intentions.
She lives on a farm with her grandfather Pops - a retired state police Major - and their dog in northern Florida. After a cyber-attack takes down the nation’s electrical grid, the future of the U.S. depends on a girl’s ability to see danger where no one else does.
** THE GIRL WHO SAW CLOUDS is a MIDDLEGRADE story appropriate for ages 9-14. The basic story is the same as the adult novel DANGER IN THE CLOUDS that focuses on MAJOR and the other adults. **
She lives on a farm with her grandfather Pops - a retired state police Major - and their dog in northern Florida. After a cyber-attack takes down the nation’s electrical grid, the future of the U.S. depends on a girl’s ability to see danger where no one else does.
** THE GIRL WHO SAW CLOUDS is a MIDDLEGRADE story appropriate for ages 9-14. The basic story is the same as the adult novel DANGER IN THE CLOUDS that focuses on MAJOR and the other adults. **
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