Dorothy Mavis Jukes[1] (pseudonym Iris Hudson; born May 3, 1947)[2] is an American author of novels for children.
[3] She has also published nonfiction books for children and pre-teens about puberty.
She is the daughter of Thomas Hughes Jukes, a famous molecular biologist and nutritionist,[1] who pioneered the use of methotrexate as a new cancer therapy and was one of the first to formulate the neutral theory of molecular evolution.
[4] Before becoming an author, Jukes was a licensed California attorney and a teacher.
[5] She lives with her husband, the sculptor and painter Robert H. Hudson, and their daughters in Cotati, Sonoma County, California.