Dorothy Mavis Jukes (pseudonym Iris Hudson; born May 3, 1947) is an

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of novels for children. She has also published nonfiction books for children and pre-teens about

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. Her books are usually health-based. She has also written the text for picture books under the name Iris Hudson.

Biography

Mavis Jukes was born on May 3, 1947, in

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. She is the daughter of Thomas Hughes Jukes, a famous molecular biologist and nutritionist, who pioneered the use of

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as a new cancer therapy and was one of the first to formulate the

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. She did her undergraduate studies at the

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. Before becoming an author, Jukes was a licensed California attorney and a teacher. Jukes became inactive as an attorney in 1984. Her first book, ''''No One is Going to Nashville''", was published in 1983. She received the

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distinction in 1985 for her book '' Like Jake and Me''.Newbery Honor
, plymouth.lib.in.us; accessed July 5, 2015. She lives with her husband, the sculptor and painter Robert H. Hudson, and their daughters in Cotati,

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Publications

Fiction

* ''No One Is Going to Nashville'' (1983) * ''Lights Around the Palm'' (1987) * ''Getting Even'' (1988) * ''Wild Iris Bloom'' (1993) * ''I'll See You in My Dreams'' (1993) * ''Losers Weepers'' (1997) * ''Expecting the Unexpected'' (1999) * ''Planning the Impossible'' (1999) * ''Cinderella 2000'' (2001) * ''Blackberries in the Dark'' (2002) * ''You're a Bear'' (2003) * '' Like Jake and Me'' (2005) * ''Smoke'' (2009) ;As Iris Hudson * ''Mac and the Messmaker'', illus. Jerry SMith (New York: Kane Press, 2005), * ''Ask Mia'', illus. Blanche Sims (Kane, 2006),

Nonfiction

* ''Ladies' Business'' (1995) * ''It's A Girl Thing'' (1996) * ''Growing Up: It's a Girl Thing'' (1998) * ''The Guy Book'' (2004) * ''Be Healthy! It's A Girl Thing'' with

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(2003)

References

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Iris Hudson
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