Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Award-winning author by Judy Blume (author)

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Judy Blume

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother — and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read. I didn’t know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

I made up stories while I bounced a ball against the side of our house. I made up stories playing with paper dolls. And I made them up while I practiced the piano by pretending to give piano lessons. I even kept a notebook with the names of my pretend students and how they were doing. I always had an active imagination. But I never wrote down any of my stories. And I never told anyone about them.

When I grew up, my need for storytelling didn’t go away. So when my own two children started preschool I began to write and I’ve been writing ever since! My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book about them. Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.

Many of my books are set in New Jersey because that’s where I was born and raised. I lived there until my kids finished elementary school. Then we moved to New Mexico, the setting for Tiger Eyes. I also spent two years in Connecticut, where Just as Long as We’re Together and Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson are set. And Fudge-A-Mania grew out of a summer spent in Maine. I don’t think I could set a book in a place without knowing it really well.

Now I live in New York City and Key West, Florida, with my husband, George Cooper, who writes nonfiction. He thinks I’m lucky because I get to make things up. I think it would be fun to do research and discover stories, like George. Between us, we have three grown children and one incredible grandchild, whose first word was “book”! That makes sense since we all love to read to him.

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1. lebbyland27
   on 4 March 2014

   i love these types of books and especially the ones that JUDY BLUME writes. Margaret is quite funny but also quite curious

   5 out of 5

2. Oceantiger
   on 6 September 2013

   This is a really good book I really enjoyed reading it.

   5 out of 5

3. diggymya
   on 28 January 2013

   This book was not just good, but amazing!!!A book only an idiot would stop reading !!!! great book for people ages 12+

   5 out of 5

4. cherribob
   on 23 January 2013

   This book was so good! It was not only good but it was funny, intriguing and interesting! It had me hooked all the way through, I just couldn’t put it down! I would definitly recomend the book for every girl aged 10+!

   5 out of 5

5. lemonade123
   on 12 May 2012

   Excellent book for children in their early teens! Very funny and its great as Judy Blume captures the true life of 12 year olds :D

   5 out of 5

6. kola5689
   on 3 March 2012

   This book is fantastic