{"id":1,"name":"Judith","url":"http:\/\/misrule.com.au\/wordpress","description":"Judith Ridge is internationally recognised as one of Australia\u2019s leading experts on writing for children and young adults. In a highly specialised career spanning more than 20 years, Judith has worked as an editor, community arts coordinator, writer and critic. Her experience as an editor encompasses more than six years at the NSW School Magazine, in-house at ABC Children\u2019s Books and as a freelancer for Random House, Penguin, Walker Books Australia and O\u2019Brien Publishers Ireland. She has taught children\u2019s literature at Macquarie University and established the Writing for Children and Young Adults course in the MA of Creative Writing program at the University of Sydney.\r\n\r\nJudith has written about children\u2019s and youth literature for journals such as Viewpoint and Magpies, The Horn Book (US) and The Melbourne Age. She has been invited on numerous occasions to speak at conferences and seminars in Australia, Ireland, the UK and the USA. She has twice been a judge on the NSW Premier\u2019s Literary Awards, is a Churchill Fellow and has an MA in children\u2019s literature. She is currently project officer on WestWords: the Western Sydney Young People\u2019s Literature Project.","link":"http:\/\/misrule.com.au\/wordpress\/author\/judith\/","slug":"judith","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f26ec0997619e5da6a4acf5aa8f6be7242384d971ae3170bb4da804a9f0e8be0?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f26ec0997619e5da6a4acf5aa8f6be7242384d971ae3170bb4da804a9f0e8be0?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f26ec0997619e5da6a4acf5aa8f6be7242384d971ae3170bb4da804a9f0e8be0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/misrule.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/misrule.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}