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Children's Author/Illustrator Biographies

Blume, Judy
February 12, 1938 -
Author
www.judyblume.com

1983 Ludington Award Winner

SOURCE CITATION
"Judy (Sussman) Blume." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, 2nd ed., 8 vols. Gale Group, 2002.

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Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007.
Photo © Sigrid Estrada; provided by Random House.

BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
In the decades since she published her first book, Judy Blume has reigned among the most popular and controversial children's authors. Her accessible, humorous style and direct, sometimes explicit treatment of youthful concerns have won her many fans--as well as critics who sometimes seek to censor her work.

Nevertheless, Blume has continued to produce works that are both entertaining and thought provoking. "Judy Blume has a knack for knowing what children think about and an honest, highly amusing way of writing about it," Jean Van Leeuwen stated in the New Yo Judy Blume Biography - MEFYD