About the Author

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Judith Kline White came of age in rural Ohio and earned degrees at both Oberlin College and Ohio State University. Her adult life includes extended periods in Central and South America, as well as Amsterdam. A lifelong lover of language, Judith is fluent in French and Spanish and conversant in Dutch, which she regularly refreshes during visits to The Netherlands. Her careers span linguist, educator, entrepreneur, and nonprofit fundraiser, including Peace Corps volunteer and trainer; founder, Foreign Language for Young Children; co-founder/co-director, Global Child, Inc.; and director of development, Latin American Health Institute. Her previous publications include Phrase-a-Day Series for Children in French, Spanish, and English; Amsterdam Trilogy, Book I, The Seventh Etching; Book II, The New Worlds of Isabela Calderon; and Book III, The Rise of Dirck Becker. With her husband, Allen L. White, she published a memoir, Autumns of Our Joy: A Tale of Romance, Stem Cells, and Rebirth. Mother of three grown children and grandmother of three, Judith lives with her husband, Allen L. White, in Brookline, Massachusetts, and St. Augustine / Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The Carving is her first collection of short fiction.