UJudith Ortiz Cofer (ngoFebruwari 24, 1952 - Disemba 30, 2016) wayengumbhali wasePuerto Rican. Waziwa kakhulu ngemisebenzi yakhe yokuyila engeyonyani kwaye imisebenzi yakhe yeyokuveza iiyantlukwano kunye nezikhewu ezivelayo phakathi kwelifa lakhe lenkcubeko eyahluliweyo. Umsebenzi wakhe uphinda uphonononge izifundo ezinjengobuhlanga kunye nocalucalulo ngokwesini kwinkcubeko yaseMelika. Wayekwangumbhali n wencwadi yabantwana. Izihloko abhale ngazo malunga nomsebenzi wakhe: Ibali loThando eliqala ngeSpanish, Ukufikelela kwi-Mainland kunye neeNkongo eziNtsha ezikhethiweyo, iMiqathango yokusinda, kunye nembongi ephezulu, i-Animal Jamboree / La Fiesta De Los Animales: Latino Folktales / Leyendas, kunye ne -A . Ibheyile! /Masidanise . Uninzi lwezihloko zakhe zimalunga nabantwana, izilwanyana nothando. UJudith Ortiz Cofer uvotelwe kwiHolo yababhali baseGeorgia yodumo lwefame .