Judy Blume

Judy Blume is an American author.

Early life
Judy Blume was born on February 12, 1936 to Rudolph and Esther Sussman. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Blume graduated with honors from her high school, Battin, and went on to Boston University. She was forced to quit college after a year because of a disease that caused her to have too many large white blood cells. She then transferred to New York University where she graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science in early childhood education. She then had two children, Randy Lee and Lawrence Andrew. Many of her books are about the challenge pre-teens face when growing up in middle-class America.

Publications
Judy Blume has written many books, mostly focusing on middle-class children and the problems they face in their lives.  Her most famous piece is Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.  She started out writing books meant only for adults, such as Wifey, Smart noen, and Summer Sisters.  As time passed, Blume began to write books for children, including:
 The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo
 Iggie's House
 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
 Then Again, Maybe I Won't
 Freckle Juice
 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
 It's Not the End of the World
 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
 Deenie
 Blubber
 Forever
 Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
 Superfudge
 The Judy Blume Diary: The Place to Put Your Own Feelings
 Tiger Eyes
 The Pain and the Great One
 Just as Long as We're Together
 The Judy Blume Memory Book
 Fudge-A-Mania
 Here's to You, Rachel Robinson
 Places I Never Meant to Be (editor)
 Double Fudge 
 Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One 
 Going, Going, Gone! With the Pain and the Great One  

Awards and publisher
Her books are published by Bradbury Press. Throughout her lifetime she has received many awards. Some of these include, the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Library of Congress Living Legends award. 

References
 "Judy Blume." Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.
 Anderson, Celia Catlett. "Blume, Judy." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2015. Web.  23 Mar. 2015.

Category:1936 births
Category:Living people
Category:New York University alumni
Category:Writers from New Jersey