Judy blume biography 1938
Judy blume biography.
Judy blume biography 1938
Judy Blume
(1938-)
Who Is Judy Blume?
Author Judy Blume began her writing career in the 1960s. She found success with the 1970 coming-of-age story Are You There, God?
It's Me, Margaret, and cemented her popularity among young readers with Blubber (1974) and Forever... (1975). A proponent of intellectual freedom, Blume has also penned such books as Wifey (1978) and In the Unlikely Event (2015) for adult audiences.
Early Years
Judy Blume was born Judith Sussman on February 12, 1938, in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The second child of Esther, a homemaker, and Rudolph, a dentist, Blume was given the chance to expend her creative energies through an array of activities that included piano and dance lessons. She especially enjoyed reading and constantly made up stories in her head.
After attending the all-girls' Battin High School, Blume was forced to leave Boston University after just two weeks upon contracting mononucleosis.
She resumed her education at New York Universi