Judy Blume is an award-winning author of twenty-two books for children, young adults and grownups. Her books have sold over seventy-five million copies, and have been translated into more than twenty languages.
Cynthis Leitch Smith is a children's and young adult author, and her Judy Blume interview was conducted via email in 2002, just before "Double Fudge" was published.
Linda Richards, a mystery author and editor of the online literary magazine January, interviewed Ms. Blume about her career, her life, her family and censorship.
At her Home Base, Ms. Blume answers questions, offers writing tips, takes on censorship, hosts a guestbook, and is an active blogger.
PBS Online NewsHour hosts this 2004 Judy Blume in three formats: video, audio and text, so you can choose one that best suits your mood and connection speed.
"Censorship is an issue close to Blume's heart. When she first began writing more than twenty years ago, she says, she ‘had to write the most honest books I could. It never occurred to me, at the time, that what I was writing was controversial.'"
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