Judy Blundell, better known by her pseudonym Jude Watson, is an American novelist for young readers. Her book What I Saw and How I Lied

What I Saw and How I Lied

What I Saw and How I Lied is a young adult novel written by Judy Blundell. It won the 2008 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. What I Saw and How I Lied is a historical fiction novel set in post-WWII America. It was published by Scholastic in November 2008.-Critical Acclaim:What...

won the National Book Award

National Book Award

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 for Young People's Literature in 2008. She is probably best known for her Star Wars

Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...

works, including the series Jedi Apprentice (except for the first book in the series, written by Dave Wolverton

Dave Wolverton

Dave Wolverton is a science fiction author who also goes under the pseudonym David Farland for his fantasy works. He currently lives in St. George, Utah with his wife and five children.-Career:...

), Jedi Quest

Jedi Quest

Jedi Quest is a ten-book series written by Jude Watson about Obi-Wan Kenobi, his apprentice Anakin Skywalker, and the events that take place in the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe between Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Episode II: Attack of the Clones, .-The Way of the Apprentice:Four...

, and The Last of the Jedi

Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi

The Last of the Jedi is a series of young adult books written by Jude Watson, begun in 2005. The series is set in the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe, in the time period between the end of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and a few years prior to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope...

. She also helped write the Star Wars: Science Adventures

Star Wars: Science Adventures

Star Wars Science Adventures is an incomplete series written for young readers that explores physics through examples in the Star Wars universe. The two novels published were released in February 1999 and were authored by Jude Watson and K.D. Burkett...

series with K. D. Burkett.

Her non-Star Wars works include the Brides of Wildcat County

Brides of Wildcat County

The Brides of Wildcat County is a romance series for young adults, written by Jude Watson. It is set during the California Gold Rush, in the fictional town of Last Chance, and detail the lives of various girls who went West in an answer to an ad asking for potential brides for the town...

series and the novel

Novel

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 Premonitions

Premonitions (novel)

Premonitions is a young adult novel by Jude Watson, first published in 2005, in which a teenage girl has to cope with disturbing visions.-Plot summary:Gracie knows when bad things are about to happen. Or sometimes when they have already happened...

and its sequel Disappearance

Disappearance (novel)

Disappearance is a young adult novel written by Jude Watson, the sequel to Premonitions.-Plot:Gracie Kenzie has never known her father - he disappeared when she was three and was never heard from again. Now, two years after her mother's death, he's back... with some dark secrets in tow...

. She has also wrote the 4th and 6th books of the 39 Clues series

Biography

Jude Watson is the pseudonym for National Book Award-winning author Judy Blundell. Blundell has published more than 100 books under pseudonyms, many of them as Jude Watson. Blundell lives in Katonah New York with her daughter and husband. Her husband, Neil Watson, is the Director of the Katonah Museum of Art .

Legacy of the Jedi (88.5 BBY - 20 BBY)

• Legacy of the Jedi
  Legacy of the Jedi
  Legacy of the Jedi is a book and part of the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It takes place during the Rise of the Empire story era from about fifty years before the events of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace to the Clone Wars, and follows the characters Lorian Nod and Count...
  
  (88.5 BBY - 21.5 BBY)
• Secrets of the Jedi
  Secrets of the Jedi
  Secrets of the Jedi is a 2005 Star Wars novel by Jude Watson.The novel centers on the forbidden loves of certain Jedi characters. In particular light is Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi's love for fellow female Jedi Siri Tachi...
  
  (40 BBY - 20 BBY)

Jedi Apprentice Series (44 BBY - 38 BBY)

• The Rising Force
  The Rising Force
  The Rising Force by Dave Wolverton is the first in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. It was released on May 3, 1999. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:Obi-Wan Kenobi is trying hard to...
  
  
• The Dark Rival
  The Dark Rival
  The Dark Rival by Jude Watson is the second in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Hidden Past
  The Hidden Past
  The Hidden Past by Jude Watson is the third in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Mark of the Crown
  The Mark of the Crown
  The Mark of the Crown by Jude Watson is the fourth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Defenders of the Dead
  The Defenders of the Dead
  The Defenders of the Dead by Jude Watson is the fifth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Uncertain Path
  The Uncertain Path
  The Uncertain Path by Jude Watson is the sixth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Captive Temple
  The Captive Temple
  The Captive Temple by Jude Watson is the seventh in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Day of Reckoning
• The Fight for Truth
  The Fight for Truth
  The Fight for Truth by Jude Watson is the ninth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Shattered Peace
  The Shattered Peace
  The Shattered Peace by Jude Watson is the tenth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Deadly Hunter
  The Deadly Hunter
  The Deadly Hunter by Jude Watson is the eleventh in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Evil Experiment
  The Evil Experiment
  The Evil Experiment by Jude Watson is the twelfth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Dangerous Rescue
  The Dangerous Rescue
  The Dangerous Rescue by Jude Watson is the thirteenth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• Special Edition #1: Deceptions
  Jedi Apprentice: Deceptions
  Deceptions is the first of the Special Edition copies in the Jedi Apprentice series which revolves around the story of young Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn as Jedi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.- Summary :...
  
  
• The Ties That Bind
• The Death of Hope
  The Death of Hope
  The Death of Hope by Jude Watson is the fifteenth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Call to Vengeance
  The Call to Vengeance
  The Call to Vengeance by Jude Watson is the sixteenth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Only Witness
  The Only Witness
  The Only Witness by Jude Watson is the seventeenth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:...
  
  
• The Threat Within
  The Threat Within
  The Threat Within by Jude Watson is the eighteenth and final book in the Jedi Apprentice series of young reader novels. It was released on March 1, 2002. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.-Plot:Obi-Wan Kenobi is...
  
  
• Special Edition #2: The Followers
  Jedi Apprentice: The Followers
  The Followers is the second of the Special Edition copies in Jude Watson's Jedi Apprentice series. It was released on April 1, 2002. Its story revolves around Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn as Jedi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace....
  
  

Jedi Quest Series (28 BBY - 25 BBY)

• Path to Truth
  Path to Truth
  Path to Truth is the first book of the Jedi Quest series, set in the Star Wars universe. It is written by Jude Watson and takes place between the events of Episode I:The Phantom Menace and Episode II: Attack of the Clones.-Summary:...
  
  
• The Way of the Apprentice
• The Trail of the Jedi
  The Trail of the Jedi
  The Trail of the Jedi is the second novel by Jude Watson in the Star Wars Jedi Quest book series.-Summary:Anakin Skywalker knows that Obi-Wan Kenobi did not choose him as an apprentice. Instead, it was the dying wish of Obi-Wan's own Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, that brought them together. Now Anakin is...
  
  
• The Dangerous Games
  The Dangerous Games
  The Dangerous Games is the third novel by Jude Watson in the Star Wars Jedi Quest book series.-Summary:When Obi-Wan Kenobi and his gifted Padawan are dispatched to the Galactic Games on a peacekeeping mission, an illegal Podracing competition catches Anakin's eager eye...
  
  
• The Master of Disguise
  The Master of Disguise
  The Master of Disguise is a family fantasy comedy film released in 2002 starring actors Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, James Brolin and Brent Spiner...
  
  
• The School of Fear
  The School of Fear
  The School of Fear is the fifth novel by Jude Watson in the Star Wars Jedi Quest book series.-External links:*...
  
  
• The Shadow Trap
  The Shadow Trap
  The Shadow Trap is the 6th book in the Jedi Quest series of novels set in the Star Wars universe.-Summary:Mawan is a world torn apart by war. Its population has taken refuge underground, and the surface has become the battlefield for three greedy crime lords. Into this chaos venture Jedi...
  
  
• The Moment of Truth
• The Changing of the Guard
  Star Wars Jedi Quest 8: The Changing of the Guard
  The Changing of the Guard is the eighth book in the Star Wars Jedi Quest series by Jude Watson. It serves to chronicle the adventures of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi between the events of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.-Summary:...
  
  
• The False Peace
  The False Peace
  The False Peace is the tenth and penultimate novel by Jude Watson in the Jedi Quest book series.The book is set in the Star Wars universe, and takes place between the events of Episode I:The Phantom Menace and Episode II: Attack of the Clones.-Summary:...
  
  
• The Final Showdown
  The Final Showdown
  Star Wars : The Jedi Quest – The Final Showdown is a novel set in the Star Wars galaxy that was released on 1 November 2004. It is written by Jude Watson. The book was released by Scholastic, first in hardcover, later to be released in paperback...
  
  

Last of The Jedi (18 BBY - 10 BBY)

• The Desperate Mission
  The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
  The Desperate Mission is the first book in Jude Watson's series The Last of the Jedi.-Summary:The Empire has risen. The Jedi Order has been destroyed. As far as the Emperor is concerned, the Jedi are all but extinct....
  
  
• Dark Warning
  The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
  Dark Warning is the 2nd book in Jude Watson's series The Last of the Jedi.-Summary:Obi-Wan Kenobi is on a mission. Along with theformer Jedi apprentice Ferus Olin and a headstrongkid named Trever, he is trying to keep the Jedi's most...
  
  
• Underworld
  The Last of the Jedi: Underworld
  Underworld is the 3rd book in Jude Watson's series The Last of the Jedi-Summary:As a Jedi apprentice, Ferus Olin had to leave the Jedi Temple in disgrace. Now he must return to redeem himself—and save the future of the Jedi Order...
  
  
• Death on Naboo
  The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
  Death on Naboo is the fourth book in Jude Watson's series The Last of the Jedi.-Summary:Ex-Jedi Ferus Olin has been imprisoned by the Empire. His crime? Trying to save the Jedi Order....
  
  
• A Tangled Web
  The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web
  A Tangled Web is the fifth book in Jude Watson's series The Last of the Jedi.-Summary:Since Palpatine's takeover, he believes his power is absolute. He controls everything, including the senate. He is the leader of the evil Sith....
  
  
• Return of the Dark Side
  The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side
  Return of the Dark Side is the sixth book in Jude Watson's series The Last of the Jedi.-Summary:Things go wrong when Palpatine comes to Samaria, ordering Ferus, who is a double agent, to kill his companions. Years ago, when they were both Jedi Apprentices, Ferus Olin and Anakin Skywalker were rivals...
  
  
• Secret Weapon
  The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon
  Secret Weapon is the 7th book in the Last of the Jedi series. It is written by Jude Watson, and distributed by Scholastic.-Summary:...
  
  
• Against the Empire
  The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire
  Against the Empire is the eighth book in the series The Last of the Jedi.-Synopsis:Power grows, rebels face a choice: give in... or fight. Some form pockets of resistance on battleground planets . Some go undercover, trying to fight the Empire from the inside, and others watch and wait.For Ferus...
  
  
• Master of Deception
• Reckoning

Star Wars Journals

• Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil
  Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil
  Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil is a 1998 young adult novel by science fiction author Jude Watson. The novel recounts the events of the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope from the point of view of one of its main characters, Princess Leia....
  
  
• Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
  Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
  Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala is a 1999 young adult novel by science fiction author Jude Watson. The novel recounts the events of the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace from the point of view of one of its main characters, Padmé Amidala.The book is published by Scholastic...
  
  
• Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
  Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
  Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul is a 2000 young adult novel by science fiction author Jude Watson. The novel recounts the events of the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace from the point of view of one of its supporting villains, Darth Maul.The book is published by Scholastic and...
  
  

Science Adventure Series

• Emergency in Escape Pod Four (with K.D. Burkett)
• Journey across Planet X (with K.D. Burkett)

The 39 Clues

• Beyond the Grave
  Beyond the Grave
  Beyond the Grave is the fourth book in The 39 Clues series first published in June 2, 2009 and written by Jude Watson.Thematically the novel uses Biblical knowledge, prophecy, and spiritual topics to explore the afterlife. Amy and Dan Cahill, the protagonists, travel to Egypt because of a clue they...
  
  (Book 4)
• In Too Deep
  In Too Deep (The 39 Clues)
  In Too Deep is the sixth book in The 39 Clues series. It was written by Jude Watson and released on November 3, 2009. The story is set in Australia and Indonesia.- Plot summary :...
  
  (Book 6)
• Vespers Rising (Book 11)

Other Books

• Premonitions
  Premonitions (novel)
  Premonitions is a young adult novel by Jude Watson, first published in 2005, in which a teenage girl has to cope with disturbing visions.-Plot summary:Gracie knows when bad things are about to happen. Or sometimes when they have already happened...
  
  
• Disappearance
  Disappearance (novel)
  Disappearance is a young adult novel written by Jude Watson, the sequel to Premonitions.-Plot:Gracie Kenzie has never known her father - he disappeared when she was three and was never heard from again. Now, two years after her mother's death, he's back... with some dark secrets in tow...
  
  

External links

• Judy Blundell Book List - FictionDB