Judy Blume
Judy Blume
Judy Blumeis an American writer known for children's and young adultfiction. Some of her best known works are Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Deenie, and Blubber. The New Yorker has called her books "talismans that, for a significant segment of the American female population, marked the passage from childhood to adolescence."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth12 February 1938
CityElizabeth, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet.
I want you to know it was no big deal...those movies showing women screaming in labor are plain bullshit....there's nothing to it...you just push and push and finally the baby pops out...to tell you the truth I don't even rember that much about it except there was a very nice guy standing over me and every time a strong contraction started he gave me a whiff of gas...
Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where. I want to be like everyone else.
You'd think he was the first person to ever lose a tooth!
One of my concerns is that writers will begin to feel the censor on their backs, and we won't get their very best. Instead their fear, or the fear imposed by the publisher, will limit them. When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor, or the reviewer, or anyone but my characters and their story.
Those who would challenge or ban a book have to find out about it first,
Don't buy anything controversial. We don't want any trouble in our community.
It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written.
The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.
I wanted to write what I remembered to be true.
My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully and yell for help if you need it.
All of our royalties from the sale of the book go to NCAC. Every dollar helps them fight censorship and helps the teachers and students and librarians who are under fire.
All of our royalties from the sale of the book go to NCAC, ... Every dollar helps them fight censorship and helps the teachers and students and librarians who are under fire.