JUDITH KRUMMECK is a writer, broadcaster, and immigrant. She has been the evening drive-time host for Maryland’s classical radio station, WBJC 91.5 FM, for over twenty years and is the author of three books. In spring 2024, she published her debut novel, The Deceived Ones, a contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, set in Baltimore against the backdrop of music and the war in Ukraine. Her biographical memoir, Old New Worlds—a finalist in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards®—intertwines the emigrations of her great-great-grandmother and her own. Her memoir in essays, Beyond the Baobab, is about her experience immigrating from Africa to America. Her screenplay, Philida, based on the Booker-nominated novel by André Brink, is in development in South Africa. Judith holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts, and she is a writer for SOMM Recordings in the UK.