Judith Guest

Judith Guest (born March 29, 1936) is an American novelist and screenwriter. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. She is the great-niece of Poet Laureate Edgar Guest (1881–1959). She is a winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.
Guest's first book, "Ordinary People" was published in 1976/ The 1980 movie version, "Ordinary People" won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Guest co-authored the mystery "Killing Time in St. Cloud" (1988) with novelist Rebecca Hill. Guest's most recent book, "The Tarnished Eye" (2004).