Judith Kohnen is an award-recognized author of romantic suspense whose stories blend emotional depth, humor, and adventure with an intuitive understanding of the human heart.

A romantic at core and a storyteller by nature, Judith draws inspiration from poetry, music, nature, and the quiet complexities of everyday life. Her writing explores love not only as passion, but as choice, courage, and transformation — themes that echo throughout The Mandy Story.

With a professional background in nursing, hypnotherapy, and the natural healing arts, Judith brings a unique sensitivity to human emotion and inner change to her fiction.

She was an active member of Romance Writers of America and Virginia Romance Writers for nearly thirty years and looks forward to renewing her involvement as she re-engages fully with her writing life.

Now living on five acres in rural Virginia with her husband, Judith balances writing with gardening, community education, and work with medicinal plants. She is currently at work on her third novel.