Between the secret abortions and the "smutty" adult novels her friends begged her to hide, the new biography "Judy Blume: A Life" feels as illicit as snooping through your mother’s nightstand.
Sure, a man can write Judy Blume’s life story - Los Angeles Times
Judy Blume is an American author known for creating juvenile fiction that features people and situations identifiable to young readers. Her best-known works include Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Forever, and Superfudge.
Judy Blume | Books, Are You There God, Forever, Movies, & Facts ...
Katy Waldman reviews “Judy Blume: A Life,” a biography of the children’s author by Mark Oppenheimer.
“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography - The New Yorker
Judy Blume is a renowned American author known for her influential works in children's and young adult literature. Born Judith Sussman on , in Elizabeth, New Jersey, she started her writing journey in the 1960s.
Judy Blume’s Books and Life Explored in New Biography by Mark ...
But Judy Blume was an unlikely literary icon. Judith Marcia Sussman, a Jewish girl born in New Jersey to a dentist and homemaker, was a restless, thirty-year-old, stay-at-home mother of two young children when her lifelong passion for reading turned, suddenly and surprisingly, into a talent for writing.
Judy Blume’s radical honesty changed literature for ever A new biography traces the life and career of a trailblazing novelist
Perhaps the most popular author ever of works for upper elementary to junior high school readers, Judy Blume is the creator of honest, often humorous stories that focus on the concerns of teenagers.