Judy began collecting quirks when she divulged something crazy she does (she doesn't remember which one it was–there are so many) and her friend shared something he does. After having a good laugh about it, she soon discovered that everyone has quirks. She has been observing, gathering, marveling at and laughing about quirks ever since and personally interviewed thousands of people for her three acclaimed books: Admit It, You're Crazy! Quirks, Idiosyncrasies, and Irrational Behavior, And I Thought I Was Crazy! and "In a Cell Phone Minute". She is recognized for helping to bring the subject of quirks and idiosyncrasies to the forefront.

She looked at her cell phone one day and thought, "I wonder if there are any good stories here?" She began inquiring and found that there were very entertaining stories. She collected them and the result is, "In a Cell Phone Minute" . The book is shaped like and opens vertically like a flip-top phone.

Judy has been a guest on hundreds of radio and television shows. She is also the designer of her books. She lives in New York with her husband, who insists that if she had written the quirk books as autobiographies, they would have been much longer!