Judith Rothman Rofé is an American screenwriter and lyricist specializing in comedy and literary adaptations for children. She won the 2002 Emmy for Best Animated Program for Madeline (based on the classic books by Ludwig Bemelmans), for which she was writer, lyricist, story editor and supervising producer on over 70 episodes. She was an executive at the Disney Channel and has written dozens of specials, DVDs and series, including Arthur (PBS), Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures, and the animated feature Trumpet of the Swan.
Rothman's songs have been featured on many television programs and have been released on four Sony and Rhino CDs. She collaborated with Joe Raposo on the Madeline theme song and also wrote the lyrics for the theme song of the long-running Canadian series Mona the Vampire. She has collaborated on many songs with Jeffrey Zahn of JoJo's Circus and Arthur. She was recently the supervising producer and the lyricist of the PBS Kids CGI animated series Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, and is currently writing lyrics for Jim Henson's Pajanimals, airing on Sprout.
Rothman is married to Peter Rofé, a bassist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. They live in Santa Monica, CA and have two sons. She is rumored to be the anonymous Neurotic Parent essayist and blogger theneuroticparent.com, whose satiric guide to college admissions will be published in March by Prospect Park Books. The book is titled "The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions" and written by author J.D. Rothman.