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Judy Blume's ability to write from the perspective of her youthful readers has guaranteed her status as one of American children's most popular authors, while simultaneously making her the target of—and a defender against—censorship. American writer Judy Blume is a perennially best-selling author of books for children and adults.

Her books are popular with generations of young readers and have sold over 85 million copies worldwide. In turn, she has championed intellectual freedom by working diligently with the National Coalition Against Censorship to support teachers and librarians who fight to keep challenged books on their shelves. Almost 85 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide.

Her young fans pass around her books and compare notes, cram her mailbox with up to two thousand letters a month, and buy her books with great fervor.

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At the same time, her books are frequently subject to censorship. When she was in third grade, she moved with her mother and her older brother David to Miami Beach, where the climate would help David recuperate from a kidney infection. Her father, to whom Blume was especially close, stayed behind in New Jersey, running his practice. Blume has described her childhood home as culturally Jewish rather than religious.

She graduated from New York University in with a B. She married lawyer John M. Blume in , the same year her father died. Her daughter Randy Lee was born in , and son Lawrence Andrew in In , she married physicist Thomas A.