About
Judy Hock is a writer born in Canada. She has a BA in English from the University of Windsor and an MA in English from Tulane University. With a background in technical writing, she documented software and did freelance marketing writing before focusing on writing fiction. She lives in San Diego with her husband Dave and their maltipoo, Zsizsi.
Glamour & Grit
The Dress Hunt: Shopping for a black tie event, graduate student Violet buys a gown that inadvertently wound up in a used clothing store, unaware that it conceals $8 million worth of valuables, or that the man tracking her down will kill to get his hands on it.
Good Criminals: Pressured by her beloved family of crooks to save an uncle from jail, a law student commits a small theft; but when she winds up implicated in a deadlier crime, she must reexamine both loyalty and the law—this time to save herself.
Good with a Knife: A mysterious teenage patient arrives at a Grand Cayman Island medical resort, intriguing the staff until they learn her true identity and realize her presence there places them in mortal danger.
Recent Awards
I am honored to have been longlisted for the 2024 Crime Writers’ Association unpublished contest. Also in 2024, my novel About the Dress won third place in the Daphne DuMaurier Kiss of Death unpublished contests.
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