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Judy Benowitz graduated with a MA in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State University in Georgia. She has a BA in Drama from the University of California, Irvine. Her many TV, Stage, and Screen Credits include: Archie’s Place, starring Carrol O’Connor at CBS Studios in Los Angeles, and The Gong Show, a Chuck Barris Production. Benowitz appeared in The University of Southern California Cinema’s Boy with Wings. She played Rosie Alvarez on stage at The Laguna Forum’s Bye Bye Birdie in Laguna Beach, California and has additional training in ballet, freestyle, and voice.

Benowitz always wanted to see the world and lived out of a suitcase for ten years as a flight attendant for United Airlines in Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Honolulu. She married Bob, a nice Jewish boy, and converted to Judaism. She retired from United and acting to rear their three children in the Jewish faith. The family lived in Newport Beach, California for twenty years before returning to Georgia. Today, Judy and Bob live in Cartersville, Georgia with their dog, Buck.

Benowitz became interested in writing her memoir, "Highway 11," after coming back to Georgia. Many of her short short stories originate there. She saw the adventure in her life, and how it made her who she is today. She looks for more adventure in her writing career.

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Plymouth, Savoy at Savoy Automobile Museum, Cartersville, Georgia Old Cars 1939-1968             Growing up, we had some really cool cars. Our 1939 rag-top Buick Roadmaster looked like a bootlegger’s car that Al Capone might have driven. We saw the road moving beneath us through the rusted-out floorboard. Wayne, Valerie, and I stuck our heads through the holes in the top as we stood on the back seat. Dad drove down the street with three little heads popping out.             Many years later, our 1956 green-and-white Ford Fairlane often broke down, stranding us on the highway.             “Oh me, I hate this old car,” Mother said.             At the REA company picnic, she complained, “We have the oldest car here.”             While driving home later that day, Dad thumped his cigarette out the window, but it flew back into the car. Overnight, it smoldered and burned out the entire back seat. Dad pulled out the cushions, and we rode back there on the metal frame with the pun
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