Join the St. Louis Writers Guild from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CDT on Saturday, November 1, 2025, for a free workshop with award-winning author Judy Mundle on writing and publishing memoir and biography.

Our presenter, Judy Mundle, will join us LIVE for this FREE workshop. We will gather at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres Rd., St. Louis, MO, 63131for the presentation, or you may attend the meeting online. To do so, follow the event link from the St. Louis Writers Guild website.

Judy Mundle authored The Block Manager: A True Story of Love in the Midst of Japanese American Internment Camps as a tribute to her friend Janet. Drawing on her experience of writing and publishing the account of Janet’s life, Judy will share advice on accessing a true story’s heart. She will discuss her motivation for writing the book, the difficulties and triumphs along the way, and her rough road to publication. Bring your questions about how to turn true events into compelling stories. A representative from The Block Manager’s publisher, Open Book Press, will also be available to answer your questions about the publishing process. 

Judy Mundle grew up listening to the best storyteller she's ever known: her grandfather. She's been carrying on his legacy as a storyteller ever since. Over the years, she's introduced Janet's story to many others; she's brought her to schools, book clubs, and garden clubs to share her enthralling history. In order to honor her friend, Judy has taken her storytelling to pen and paper to memorialize Janet's life in The Block Manager, which won the 2024 Indie Author Project Award for Memoir.

When she's not telling stories, Judy is a certified public accountant. She graduated from Indiana University in 1977 with a BS in business administration and a concentration in accounting. She began her career as an auditor working in Chicago, followed by St. Louis and London. For the last thirty years, she has been a CFO for several small businesses and taught numerous accounting classes at local colleges. Judy and her husband, Craig, live in St. Louis and have three children and one granddaughter. She has volunteered extensively with local committees, her church, her children's schools, the Scouts, and local charities.