Coming August 2026

The Scallop Plot

"Those who have a keen interest in coastal life or environmental policy would do well to put this on their summer beach-reading list."
–Kirkus Review

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About Judy Foreman

Judy Foreman, the author of A Nation in Pain (2014), The Global Pain Crisis
(2017), and Exercise is Medicine (2020), all published by Oxford University Press,
and CRISPR'd from Skyhorse Publishing (2022).

She's also the author of a memoir, Let the More Loving One Be Me from She
Writes Press (2023). Judy was a staff writer at the Boston Globe for 23 years and a health columnist for many of those years. Her column was syndicated in national and international outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Baltimore Sun and others.

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About The Scallop Plot

In this thriller, star investigative reporter Samantha Fuller joins a feisty Cape Cod fisherwoman to foil a wind farm developer’s evil plot to poison precious ocean scallop beds—and finds herself facing off against right-wing climate deniers.

Praise for Judy's Work

"The Scallop Plot...A fun, cautionary tale involving real bio-science and a real contemporary issue."

— Robin Cook

"Judy is a compelling and very readable author, who takes a difficult and complex subject and makes it understandable, in ‘bite-size’ pieces."

— Perry G. Fine, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Utah

"[Judy Foreman] has given us a testament to the resilience of a spirit ever reaching toward love—and finding it."

— Mara Wagner, psychoanalyst and professor, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis

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