Judith Ann Blish (née Lawrence; born December 14, 1934)[2] is an American sketch artist and short fiction writer, known professionally as Judith L. Blish, Judy Blish, and J. A. Lawrence. From 1967 to 1978, she co-wrote a sequence of short story adaptations based on episodes of Star Trek with her husband, James Blish.
Since 1975, Lawrence has been active in preserving and promoting her husband's work.[citation needed]
Early life
Lawrence was born on December 14, 1934, to pulp-fiction writers Jack Lawrence and Muriel Bodkin.[2][3]
She and James Blish met sometime after his divorce from Virginia Kidd, in 1963. Lawrence and Blish married in November 1964.[1] In 1968, she and Blish moved to Oxford, England. Her mother followed sometime later.[3]
After her husband's death, in 1975, Lawrence spent considerable time in Athens, Greece. She settled there permanently in 1977.[4]
In 1975, James Blish was unable to complete his commission to adapt Star Trek episodes for Bantam Books. Lawrence completed the adaptations which were published in 1977. Lawrence and her mother, Muriel, had contributed to Blish's Star Trek adaptations since 1972.[8] However, Lawrence was not credited until Star Trek 12 (1977).[9] The last volume in the series, Mudd's Angels, was released in 1978. It included two episode adaptations credited to James Blish that featured the popular Harry Mudd character. Included was an original novella by Lawrence, The Business, as Usual, During Altercations. In the introduction to Mudd's Angels, it is stated Blish left the adaptations incomplete and Lawrence "finished them."
"The Liberated Woman's Guide to Domestic Felicity" (as translation of "Anleitung zum häuslichen Glück für die emanzipierte Frau" by Frank Freeperson), Science Fiction Story-Reader 12 (July 1979), Herbert W. Franke, ed. Heyne SF #3655, Heyne ISBN3-453-30569-8.
^ ab"Petition for Naturalization by Muriel Bodkin Lawrence on behalf of John Lawrence" (1942-03-30). Naturalization Records, ID: 232758. Waltham, Massachusetts: National Archives at Boston.
^Ayers, Jeff (July 30, 2010). "Read Long and Prosper". In Goldberg, Lee (ed.). Tied In. Calabasas, California: International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (published July 30, 2010). p. 169. ISBN9781453716106.
