Judith Ryan Hendricks was born in San Jose, California, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for its orchards than for computer chips. Armed with a degree in journalism, she worked as a journalist, copywriter, computer instructor, travel agent, waitress and baker before turning to fiction writing. Her experiences at the McGraw Street Bakery in Seattle became her first novel, "Bread Alone" and the sequel, "The Baker’s Apprentice". A life-long infatuation with …
Judith Ryan Hendricks was born in San Jose, California, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for its orchards than for computer chips. Armed with a degree in journalism, she worked as a journalist, copywriter, computer instructor, travel agent, waitress and baker before turning to fiction writing. Her experiences at the McGraw Street Bakery in Seattle became her first novel, "Bread Alone" and the sequel, "The Baker’s Apprentice". A life-long infatuation with the southwest was the inspiration for "Isabel’s Daughter". Her fourth book, "The Laws of Harmony", was published in February 2009. It is set in New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Hendricks’ fiction has been translated into 11 languages and is distributed in more than 15 countries worldwide.
