Mark Juddery
Australian author and journalist (1971-2015)
Stanford Mark Juddery (8 March 1971 – 13 January 2015) was an Australian freelance journalist, author, humorist and columnist for The Canberra Times. His work also appeared in such newspapers as The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald, as well as a range of magazines including The Bulletin, Empire, Inside Sport, Mad Magazine and Griffith Review. He also wrote comedy sketches for radio and television, as well as several short comedy plays, which he directed and performed worldwide.
Biography
A movie critic and writer for several years, as well as a publicist for the National Film and Sound Archive, Juddery wrote an e-book guide to movie reviewing for Fabjob Books in 2003. Along with movies, popular culture and humor, much of his writing has revealed an interest in Eastern spirituality. At the age of 19, he studied under meditation teacher Sri Chinmoy and consistently meditated.
As well as hundreds of articles, Juddery wrote the books 1975 – Australia's Greatest Year (John Wiley and Sons, 2005), Busted! The 50 Most Overrated Things in History (Random House, 2008) and Best. Times. Ever (Hardie Grant Books, 2014), all for the Australian market.
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