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Judy Blume

출생: February 12, 1938 – Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States

Judy Blume is an American author known for frank, empathetic fiction about childhood, adolescence, family life, and sexuality. Her notable books include Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and Forever.... Her work has reached generations of readers, with more than 90 million copies sold worldwide.

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Judy Blume, born Judy Sussman in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on February 12, 1938, grew up making up stories long before she imagined becoming an author. After finishing high school with honors, she studied education at New York University and graduated in 1960. The decisive shift came later, when her own children started preschool and the urge to tell stories, dormant but persistent, turned into regular writing. A continuing-education course in writing for children helped move that private imaginative life into print, leading to The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo in 1969 and, soon after, the book that made her a literary force, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. ((https://www.britannica.com/biography/Judy-Blume))

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My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start to write a book about them
-How I Became an Author
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I dread first drafts!
-Questions for Judy: Writing
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Fudge was based on my son, Larry, when he was a toddler
-Questions for Judy: Family
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But it’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written
-Judy’s Thoughts on Censorship
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I just wanted to be honest
-10 Questions with Judy Blume
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It always feels better to speak out and work and be determined
-Judy Blume in Conversation with Molly Ringwald
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I think that censorship grows out of fear and it's contagious
-National Book Festival
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Why books? Because they can. Because they want to control
-In Conversation: Judy Blume & Kelly Fremon Craig

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"Judy Blume forever: the writer who dares to tell girls the plain truth"

The Guardian

"Judy Blume’s books were the first that made me feel seen"

Kelly Fremon Craig

"My favorite writer was Judy Blume"

Karyn Parsons

"Teen and children’s lit icon Judy Blume has a new book out for adults, In the Unlikely Event"

TIME

"I’ve always credited Judy Blume as part of the seasoning of my voice as a writer"

Mara Brock Akil

"Before Y.A. books were even called Y.A. books, it was the early 1970s and author Judy Blume was queen of the coming-of-age story"

Vanity Fair

"Judy Blume was the first author I can remember reading whose female characters were often deeply unpleasant but also incredibly lovable"

Katie Cotugno

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