Judith Paige Mitchell

Judith Paige Mitchell (November 24, 1932 – February 10, 2010) was a television writer, executive producer and novelist.

Biography
Judith Paige Segel was born in New Orleans. Her parents were George Jacob Segel (1906-1993) and Esther (née Finerosky) (1908-1995). She started her career as a novelist, her subjects including integration and civil rights. She moved to Los Angeles in 1965 after divorcing her first husband Alvin Binder, a civil rights attorney in Jackson, Mississippi, and also worked in television as a writer and producer, with many topics focused on true crime. Mitchell died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 10, 2010, survived by her husband and well-known Los Angeles publisher Jeremy Tarcher and three children.

Literary credits

 * A Wilderness of Monkeys (1965)
 * Love is Not a Safe Country (1968)
 * The Mayfly (1971)
 * The Covenant, a Novel (1973)
 * Act of Love (1976) (adapted into 1980 television movie of the same name)
 * Wild Seed (1982)

Teleplay credits

 * Desperate for Love (1989)
 * Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994)
 * Young at Heart (1995 TV movie) (1995)
 * Glory, Glory (1998)