Judy Blume (born Judith Sussman on February 12, 1938) is an American writer. Her novels for children and young adults have exceeded sales of 80 million and have been translated into 32 languages. In 1996, she won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her contribution to writing for teens.
Blume was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the daughter of homemaker Esther (née Rosenfeld) and dentist Ralph Sussman. She has a brother, David, who is five years older. Her family was Jewish. Blume has recalled, "I spent most of my childhood making up stories inside of my head." She graduated from Battin High School in 1956, then enrolled in Boston University. In the first semester, she was diagnosed with mononucleosis and took a brief leave from school before graduating from New York University in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in Education. In 1951 and 1952, there were three airplane crashes in her hometown of Elizabeth. 118 people died in the crashes, and Blume’s father, who was a dentist, helped to identify the unrecognizable remains. Blume says she "buried" these memories until she began writing her 2015 novel In The Unlikely Event, the plot of which revolves around the crashes.
"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear."
"My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully and yell for help if you need it."
"Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where. I want to be like everyone else."
"Then again, maybe I won't."
"One of my concerns is that writers will begin to feel the censor on their backs, and we won't get their very best. Instead their fear, or the fear imposed by the publisher, will limit them. When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor, or the reviewer, or anyone but my characters and their story."
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret,"
"Those who would challenge or ban a book have to find out about it first,"
"You mean inside? Or outside?"
"Don't buy anything controversial. We don't want any trouble in our community."
"You'd think he was the first person to ever lose a tooth!"
"It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written."
when something so special seems to slide away the truth is most lethal it's breathing in your face. when you coming to me, tell me what's going on holding your head up high there's no shame in letting go what happened to you and I thought you would never leave me when smoke gets in your eyes trust in me we all wander out in the night under starlight i just need one more fix to keep me away from it i beg, i plead for you to leave me! cause it's killing me and dragging me down cuts and bruises bruises and scabs it's getting really hard to laugh at these tears as the crystal's gleam 3 days and still no sleep i wait for dead to come to me! if you were to give me your hand i'd make you understand if i were to leave you behind it would only be a matter of time
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She pointed out that some of the books removed from the teen section in the library have been on library shelves for decades, such as Judy Blume’s “Tiger Eyes” published in 1975 and contains references to alcohol use.
This biography fills readers in on who Judy Blume was, why she wrote the novels she penned, and how her stories fit in with today’s adolescence, feminism, current events, and literature.
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She credits her teenage reading of Judy Blume, one of the most banned authors ever, with ‘making me more empathetic’ ...Spoiler alert ... She credits her teenage reading of Judy Blume, one of the most banned authors ever, with “making me more empathetic” ... .
