She aspired to be just as honest in her own writing about women’s life experiences. “There’s a direct line between reading Judy Blume books and being an adult writing for ‘Sex and the City.’ ...

found solace as a child in Blume’s writing. “I remember reading ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ and feeling such profound gratitude for Judy Blume. Here was somebody who was ...

More than half a century after being written, Judy Blume’s Are you there God ... but did not begin writing until after she was married with two children, publishing her first book in 1969.

"I've always credited Judy Blume as part of the seasoning of my ... human condition in young people and you can see traces of her writing style within me own." Karen Pittman, Wood Harris, Xosha ...

“Judy Blume’s ability to capture the real emotions we experience during the various rites of passage of our youth influenced my life choices and writing voice." If that alone has piqued your ...