Judy C. Andrews is a high school teacher in Brooklyn.  She received a Master of Arts degree in creative writing from The City College of New York.  She has worked as an editor and freelance writer as well as an advocate for The Children’s Advisory Panel for the International Year of the Child under the leadership of former president Jimmy Carter.  She is a member of The Harlem Writers Guild, which is responsible for helping to publish some of the most outstanding writers of our time.  A survivor of the New York City foster care system, her wish is to inspire and uplift children as well as adults of foster care through her writing. An Ocean of Jewels also explores the delicate beauty of the Gullah/Geechee culture that embraces the more than one thousand Sea Islands that surround the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.  An Ocean of Jewels is Ms. Andrews’ debut novel.