My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start to write a book about them. Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands. ...
Over the years Blume's writing has matured and her audience has expanded with each new book. While she wrote for younger children at first, as her audience aged she began writing for teenagers and later for adults. Her first adult novel, Wifey, deals with a woman's search for more out ...
My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start to write a book about them. Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands. ...
“My daughter said, ‘Mother, couldn’t you write a book about teenagers who fall in love and do it and nobody has to die?'” Blume recalls at the beginning of the two-minute trailer. “And I thought: Yes!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neWsO1Rk_q0 Through a combination of...
“I wish I had read it when I was a kid because I would’ve looked at myself really differently. I would’ve looked at the whole world differently had I read that book when I was in sixth grade.”“Judy Blume Forever” chronicles the life of the bestselling author from her... See...
Now, these were some issues that adolescents could dig into, and Blume s ability to address them realistically and responsibly has made her one of the most popular and most banned authors for young adults. Are You There God? It s Me, Margaret, published in 1970, was Blume s third book ...
A new documentary about Judy Blume sheds light on the profound impact that the beloved children’s book writer had on a whole generation of young girls. For many of those who grew up throughout the ’70s and ’80s, books like“Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret,” whose film adapt...
Judy Blume is the children’s author whose books deal frankly with puberty and other challenges of growing up. A film adaptation of her 1970 novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” — one of the first mainstream treatments of interfaith families — is opening in theaters this month...
Davino Pardo and Leah Wolchok co-direct 'Judy Blume Forever,' about the life and lasting impact of the children's book author Judy Blume.