Judith Pearson
JUDITH L. PEARSON’s previous books include From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement (which won the 2022 Nautilus Gold Award), Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America’s Greatest Female Spy, and Belly of the Beast: A POW’s Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival Aboard a WWII Hell Ship. A diagnosis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer led Judy to found A 2nd Act, a nonprofit that raises funds for survivors ready to launch or grow their 2nd Acts after cancer. In 2014, she was honored in Washington, D.C. by the American Association for Cancer Research. A former member of the Society of Integrative Oncology and the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, she's a graduate of Michigan State University and lives in Venice, Florida. Her latest book, Crusade to Heal America: The Remarkale Life of Mary Lasker, was published by Mayo Clinic Press in September 2023.
