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That’s a bunch of aliases.

What’s up?

Every one of those names has a story behind it.

My birth name is Judith Gail Kipp.

Mom liked singer/actress Judy Garland, so I was Judy during my growing up years.

Judy it was till I married a man with a surname that began with G.

I saw a beautiful blonde woman named Gail.

My thinking went like this,

“Gail is my middle name, so why not use it?” 

Gail stuck even after he left me and I married someone else.”

Except with my family. Judy became Judi for I changed the y to i.

Judi with an i makes more sense. I prefer Judith. Remove the last two letters to get Judi!

When I started writing children’s stories, I decided to use my first  two initials and my maiden name.

I discovered another JGKipp so another decision to hyphenate my last name and include my married name.

JGKipp-Norris is my forever name!