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Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
Born: February 12, 1938
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Occupation(s): author, novels and short stories

<tr><th style="text-align: right;">Genre(s):</th><td>Children's books, Young adult, novels</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align: right;">Website:</th><td>http://www.judyblume.com</td></tr>

Judy Blume (born February 12, 1938) is an American author. She has written many extremely popular novels for children and young adults.

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Blume's novels for middle schoolers were among the first to tackle such controversial matters as racism (Iggie's House), menstruation (Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret), divorce (It's Not the End of the World), masturbation (Deenie) and teenage sexuality (Forever). Fans of Blume's novels have praised her use of real-life settings, ambivalent endings and gentle humor. Her allegedly ambiguous treatment of moral issues made her at one time a regular target of school library censors and the religious right. Her books are still often challenged in school libraries; in fact, Forever was the second most often challenged book of 2005, according to the American Library Association. She is recognized as one of the most banned children's authors in the United States <ref>SDSUniverse: Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read</ref> which eventually led her to edit a collection of short stories about censorship (Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers).

After publishing novels for young children and teens, Blume tackled another genre, that of adult fiction. Her novels Wifey and Smart Women met with luke-warm receptions. But her breakout hit Summer Sisters (1998) was widely praised and sold more than 3 million copies.

In 2004, Blume was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 1996 the American Library Association selected Blume for its Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to young adult literature [1]. Blume received the Library of Congress Living Legends award in the "Writers and Artists" category in April 2000 for her significant contributions to America's cultural heritage.

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  • Judy Blume. (1999) Authors and Artists for Young Adults (Gale Research), 26: 7-17. Summarizes and extends 1990 article, with more emphasis on Blume's impact and censorship issues. By R. Garcia-Johnson.
  • Judy Blume. (1990) Authors and Artists for Young Adults (Gale Research), 3: 25-36. Incorporates extensive passages from published interviews with Blume.

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