Judy Blume
Judy Blume (born
1938) is an American author. She wrote many extremely popular novels for children and young adults in the
1970s and
1980s. The "Fudge" trilogy features a hyperactive kindergarten boy and his bemused family. Her novels for teenagers were among the first to tackle such controversial matters as menstruation (
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret), divorce (
It's Not the End of the World), adult female relationships (
Summer Sisters), and teenage sexuality (
Forever). Fans of Blume's novels have praised her use of real-life settings, ambivalent endings and gentle humor. Her allegedly ambiguous treatment of moral issues made her at one time a regular target of school library censors and the religious right.
List of Published Works (by publication date)
- THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE GREEN KANGAROO (Bradbury Press, 1969, paperback Dell)
- IGGIE'S HOUSE (Bradbury Press, 1970, paperback Dell)
- ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET (Bradbury Press, 1970, paperback Dell)
- THEN AGAIN, MAYBE I WON'T (Bradbury Press, 1971, paperback Dell)
- FRECKLE JUICE (Four Winds Press, 1971, paperback Dell)
- IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD (Bradbury Press, 1972, paperback Dell)
- TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING (Dutton, 1972, paperback Dell)
- OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SHEILA THE GREAT (Dutton, 1972, paperback Dell)
- DEENIE (Bradbury, 1973, paperback Dell)
- BLUBBER (Bradbury, 1974, paperback Dell)
- FOREVER (Bradbury, 1975, paperback Dell)
- STARRING SALLY J. FREEDMAN AS HERSELF (Bradbury, 1977, paperback Dell)
- WIFEY (Putnam, 1978, paperback Pocket Books)
- SUPERFUDGE (Dutton, 1980, paperback Dell)
- TIGER EYES (Bradbury, 1981, paperback Dell)
- THE JUDY BLUME DIARY (Dell, 1981)
- SMART WOMEN (Putnam, 1983, paperback Pocket Books)
- THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE (Bradbury, 1984, paperback Dell)
- LETTERS TO JUDY: WHAT KIDS WISH THEY COULD TELL YOU (Putnam, 1986, paperback Pocket Books)
- JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER (Orchard Books, 1987, paperback Dell )
- FUDGE-A-MANIA (Dutton, 1990, paperback Dell)
- HERE'S TO YOU, RACHEL ROBINSON (Orchard Books, 1993, paperback Dell)
- SUMMER SISTERS (Delacorte Books, 1998, paperback Dell)
- PLACES I NEVER MEANT TO BE [Edited by Judy Blume] (Simon and Shuster, 1999)
- DOUBLE FUDGE (Dutton, 2002, paperback Penguin 2003)
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