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A former schoolteacher and librarian, Judy found her niche in life as a woodworker. She bought her first saw in 1990 and, within the first six months, was cutting and creating her own designs. A winner of many design awards, Judy now sells her puzzles at art and craft shows around the country. Together with her husband, Dave, she has written numerous articles for Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts, and she teaches scroll sawing at the Woodcraft store in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. In her spare time, Judy reads, keeps track of politics on TV, gardens, cooks, turns bowls on her lathe, and puts together other people’s flat puzzles.

Dave is officially retired after a career in programming and systems analysis. His interest in and experience with computers, databases, and spreadsheets make him suited to run the record-keeping side of Judy’s small business.

In his spare time, Dave reads, is active in the local Macintosh Users’ Group, writes the occasional article for the Wisconsin Alliance of Artists and Craftspeople newsletter, and tries to keep up with his wife.

As far as their books and magazine articles go, Judy does all the designing, scrollwork, sanding, and finishing. She also writes all the technical portions. Dave organizes the material, provides a first-draft version for Judy’s review, takes the in-process photos, does all of the typing, and interfaces with their editor. All in all, the distribution of duties capitalizes on both their strengths and provides an amicable distribution of labor.

Judy and Dave co-authored an article in the Summer 2005 issue of Scroll Saw Workshop magazine, titled “How to Select the Shows and Design your Booth for Maximum Sales.”

This book is the result of their third collaboration. Fox Chapel Publishing published their first book, Dinosaur Puzzles for the Scroll Saw, in August 2002 and their second book, Fantasy & Legend Puzzles for the Scroll Saw, in February 2005.