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	Coming of Age with Judy Blume
		Judy Blume responds to every crisis as if it were her first one ever, instead of, more likely, her one-millionth.
		Judy Blume grew up in Elizabeth, NJ, a dentist's daughter, raised with the notion that she would be a wife and mother, much like her own mother, when she grew up.
		In Judy Blume's childhood, of course, there were no Judy Blume books--no books for kids about love affairs that don't end in marriage or (as in another of her novels) marriages that end in divorce.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/98/09/13/specials/maynard-blume.html (4442 words)

	Transcript of NYPL's chat with Judy Blume
		Judy: That's like asking a mother which child is her favorite--each one is special in her/his own way.
		Judy: When my daughter was very young, she liked to play in the bathtub.
		Judy: That's a difficult question to answer because, as I've said, the character of Margaret is based on me when I was that age.
	teenlink.nypl.org /blume_txt.html (2490 words)

	Judy Blume
		Blume was the daughter of Esther and Rudolph Sussman, a dentist, who was born in Elizabeth, N.J., on February 12, 1938.
		Blume displayed sensitivity, humor and insight in capturing the joys, fears, uncertainty and anguish of these adolescents which enabled her to establish this affinity with them through the use of the first-person in her writings.
		Judy Blume is today considered to be the foremost writer of children's novels; a position that she has worked hard to achieve.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Blume.html (579 words)

	Juvenile Books Author of the Month
		Judy Blume was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on February 12, 1938 to Rudolph and Esther (Rosenfeld) Sussman.
		Judy's brother David became very sick, and it was decided that he needed to live in a warmer climate.
		Judy is a Board member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, where she co-sponsors a grant for contemporary fiction in progress.
	www.yourlibrary.ws /childrens_webpage/j-author22000.html (1559 words)

	SPECTRUM Biographies - Judy Blume
		Judy Blume was born Judy Sussman on February 12, 1938 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
		The daughter of a dentist and a homemaker, Judy dreamed of becoming many extraordinary things when she grew up.
		She is the founder of The Kids Fund, an educational charity foundation she established in 1981, a member of the Authors' Guild, the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and a member of the Women's National Book Association.
	www.incwell.com /Biographies/Blume,Judy.html (525 words)

	Judy Blume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blume says she was never trying to push the social envelope, just to reflect kids' reality.
		Blume never did play adult -- she refused to tell readers that the mean kids would suffer for their crimes.
		At Blume's reading in Framingham, the bookstore is packed with women carrying copies of books that represent her turtle-eating, bra-stuffing, and biker-sex periods.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/features/98/05/21/JUDY_BLUME.html (2611 words)

	Judy Blume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Judy Blume (born Judy Sussman) was born on February 12, 1938.
		Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, with the exception of two years in Miami Beach, Florida.
		Judy graduated from Battin High School, then enrolled to Boston University but she became sick with mononucleosis after only two weeks and had to leave school.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/blume.html (172 words)

	Interview \| Judy Blume
		Judy Blume and her husband George Cooper meet me at a chic tea room on Vancouver's west side.
		Blume takes both of the girl's hands in her own and shakes them gently.
		This time however, Blume is enjoying the responses she's getting from people in the age group of our tea-mobbers: young women who grew up reading and enjoying Judy Blume's books.
	www.januarymagazine.com /profiles/blume.html (2456 words)

	The Seattle Times: Living: National award for author who understood our world
		Blume is curled up on the sofa in her living room, ready to visit.
		Blume's work may be better known for popular appeal than critical acclaim; she's had mixed reviews, but her 23 books have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide.
		Part of it, Blume says, is that she was raising her own kids during much of the time she was writing.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/living/2002095957_judyblume22.html (1643 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Judy Blume - Books: Meet the Writers
		Before Judy Blume, there may have been a handful of books that spoke to issues teens could identify with; but very few were getting down to nitty-gritty stuff like menstruation, masturbation, parents divorcing, being half-Jewish, or deciding to have sex.
		Blume has also had success writing for adults, again applying her ability to turn some of her own sensations into compelling stories.
		Blume has said she continually struggles with her writing, often sure that each book will be the last, that she’ll never get another idea.
	www.barnesandnoble.com /writers/writerdetails.asp?userid=2V7ZP0JBGB&cid=883118 (1478 words)

	Judy Blume St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Often Blume has been faulted for constraining her characters to a white, middle-class suburban milieu, but has received far more criticism from the educational establishment for her deadpan prose, and even worse vilification from religious conservatives for what is construed as the titillating nature of her work.
		Blume's third young-adult work, It's Not the End of the World, opens with the kind of dinner-table debacle that convinces most older children that their parents are headed for divorce court.
		There was a great deal of teen fiction, beginning in the late 1960s, that discussed premarital sex and pregnancy, but the boy was usually depicted as irresponsible, and the female character had made her choices for all the wrong reasons--everything but love--then was punished for it in the end.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200113 (865 words)

	USATODAY.com - Judy Blume wins National Book Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blume is known for dealing explicitly with sex, religion and divorce and her books often have been placed in restricted sections of libraries or pulled altogether.
		Blume has received numerous children's books prizes, but critics have been divided about her work, with some finding her heavy-handed, and others praising her honesty and accessibility.
		Blume, herself the mother of three, will accept her medal Nov. 17 at the 55th annual National Book Awards ceremony, in New York.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2004-09-15-blume-national-book-award_x.htm (541 words)

	Judy Blume and "Letters to Judy" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blume writes of her own growing up, and her experiences as a parent.
		Judy offered her son Larry’s opinion, "You’ve never preached in your books and that’s why they’ve worked," he told her.
		Judy was exhilarated by all the positive energy.
	www.secondstartotheright.com /books/column/c786.htm (1702 words)

	Books -- Judy Blume: Uncensored -- August 26, 1999
		Blume has long been active in issues of intellectual freedom and hopes the new work will raise public awareness of the effects of censorship on writers and readers.
		Blume shares her experiences with censorship in the introduction.
		Blume says she is very pleased by the variety of stories and the personal statements by "Places I Never Meant To Be" contributors.
	www.cnn.com /books/news/9908/26/blume/index.html (565 words)

	Online NewsHour: Author Judy Blume Discusses Writing for Young People -- December 13, 2004
		JUDY BLUME: I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.
		JUDY BLUME: I feel totally responsible to them when they write to me. When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience.
		JUDY BLUME: Well, I think there are parents who don't feel comfortable talking to their kids about puberty or sexuality, anything to do with sexuality.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec04/blume_12-13.html (1084 words)

	Amazon.com: Blubber: Books: Judy Blume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Judy Blume's body of work returns to her original editor, Richard Jackson, with the rerelease of four classics in hardcover.
		Blume does a superb job of capturing the loneliness and angst faced by the young protagonist--at times it feels like the reader is actually in the scenes of the book.
		Judy Blume displays her intuitive knowledge of a child's complex world, here a sort of Lord of the Flies nightmare in middle-class Blandoland.
	www.amazon.com /Blubber-Judy-Blume/dp/0440407079 (2942 words)

	Educational Paperback Association
		I married John Blume, a young lawyer, at the end of my junior year and our daughter, Randy, was born a year and a half later, in 1961.
		Judy Blume has now written twenty-two books, all of them still in print, including three bestselling novels for adults.
		Blume has written for young children (Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania), middle-grade children (Blubber, It's Not the End of the World, Just as Long as We're Together, etc.) and young adults (Tiger Eyes, Forever).
	www.edupaperback.org /showauth.cfm?authid=15 (1586 words)

	Contemporary Classic Authors: Judy Blume
		Blume's books are as popular now as they were when I was in junior high, and I believe they will still be popular when my children reach junior high.
		Judy Sussman was born on February 12, 1938, in Elizabeth, New York.
		In Presenting Judy Blume, Judy describes her mother as quiet and conservative, the exact opposite of herself.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/classic_literature/34930 (430 words)

	BookPage Interview May 1998: Judy Blume
		Blume may be 60, but she has the heart of a girl and a childlike wonder that comes through in the way she writes and lives.
		Blume says her publisher would like her to use her Web site to promote her work, even though sales of her books exceed 65 million copies.
		Blume captures the weird, exciting time known as puberty better than any other writer, and as a result, publishers have pigeonholed her as a young adult author.
	www.bookpage.com /9805bp/judy_blume.html (949 words)

	ashgroveaudiobook.com - Judy Blume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Judy Blume was one of the first authors to write books focusing mainly on the issues of adolescence.
		Judy was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1938.
		Judy didn't feel that she could write about a place that she had never been to.
	www.ashgroveaudiobook.com /grove/info_kids_blume.html (687 words)

	CNN - Judy Blume - May 19, 1998
		BLUME: Well, actually, it's about an enduring and intense friendship over a period of almost 20 years.
		BLUME: Yeah, I have been getting fabulous responses to it, actually, from women of all ages.
		BLUME: Of course, it upsets me. But, at this point, it upsets me much more for the message that it sends to young people, which is, there is something in these books that we do not want you to know.
	www.cnn.com /books/dialogue/9805/blume/index.html (1043 words)

	Summer Sisters: Judy Blume
		Blume's talent lies in creating characters you can see yourself in, and, hopefully, we won't have to wait another 15 years for her to delve into the adult landscape again."
		Blume's characters still tend to hover after the book is set aside, proving that this talented realist continues to do what she does best."
		Blume keeps her story moving...her portrait of an unlikely yet enduring friendship as it changes over time will remind readers why they read Blume's books when they were young: she finds a provocative theme and spins an involving story."
	www.randomhouse.com /features/blume (487 words)

	Judy Blume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Judy Blume was born on February 12, 1938 in Elizabeth, New York.
		Judy Blume is a famous author who writes children's books.
		Judy graduated from New York University with a degree in elementary education in 1961.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/blume2.htm (127 words)

	The My Hero Project - Judy Blume
		I look up to Judy Blume for two reasons, because I want to write books, and because I think she got me started on chapter books.
		I chose to be Judy Blume and needed to research her.
		Judy Blume : her novels depict life's problems with insight and gentle humor.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=j_blume (832 words)

	The Judy Blume House of Worship: meeting Judy
		Judy was quite touched by the large turn-out for her reading (somewhere between 200 -300, I think).
		Judy Blume came across as everything I ever imagined/ hoped she might be: an honest, warm person who wasn't afraid to talk about what's REALLY important.
		She was the Judy Blume I adored when I was 9 and a million times more.
	www.grouchy.com /blumemeeting.html (1339 words)

	Judy Blume
		Blume began writing stories down when she was a young woman at home with two preschool age children.
		From perfect daughter to perfect wife, Blume was married when she was a junior in college and had two children by the time she was twenty-five.
		Blume is very active with the National Coalition Against Censorship, which allows her to fight for the freedom to choose what you want to read.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/middleschoolyears/LINKS.html (904 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Deenie: Books: Judy Blume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In this book, Judy Blume deals with issues such as parental expectations, stress, confidence, discrimination and what it's like to cross over to another what seems like a completely different world.
		Judy Blume boosts the self-esteem of all her readers and makes them believe that they can and will get through times that seem unmanageable.
		Judy Blume teaches her readers how to see the worst possible situations in a different light.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Deenie-Judy-Blume/dp/0330398113 (1561 words)

	Judy Blume Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Perhaps the most popular contemporary author of works for upper elementary to junior high school readers, Judy Blume (born 1938) is the creator of frank, often humorous stories which focus on the emotional and social concerns of suburban adolescents.
		Although Blume is best known for her fiction for adolescents, she began her career by writing books for younger children, an audience she still continues to address; Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing (1972) and Superfudge (1980), two entertaining tales about ten-year-old Peter and his incorrigible baby brother, Fudge, are especially popular with readers.
		At the time of the book's publication, Blume was praised for her warm and funny recreation of childhood feelings and conversation, but was criticized for her forthright references to the human body and its processes.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/judy-blume (172 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Disney buys up Judy Blume books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blume, whose best-sellers include Are You There God?, It's Me Margaret and Forever, signed the multi-picture deal with her son Lawrence, a film-maker.
		Blume's books for teenagers have sold over 75m copies around the world and been translated into 26 languages.
		Some of her books for young adults have sparked controversy because they deal with sex and puberty, issues which are usually taboo in books for teenagers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/3497916.stm (297 words)

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