Judy Hill Nelson is an American author best known for her 1983–1991 romance (while married) with and eventual
palimony suit against professional tennis star
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, singles for 332 weeks (List of WTA number ...
.
Books
After their break-up, Nelson was the author of the books ''Love Match: Nelson vs. Navratilova'', chronicling her relationship with the tennis star, and ''Choices: My Journey After Leaving My Husband for Martina and a Lesbian Life'',
[by Judy Hill Nelson, 1996, Carol Publishing Corporation, ] chronicling her
coming out
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
This is often framed and debated as a privacy issue, ...
as a lesbian in the mid-1980s.
Personal life
Nelson is the mother of two sons.
References
Living people
American lesbian writers
LGBTQ people from Texas
Writers from Fort Worth, Texas
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women writers
Martina Navratilova
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