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.'"
Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) is an American author best known for"Little Women," a semi-autobiographical novel about four sisters growing up in New England during the Civil War.
The Louisa May Alcott Page at American Literature includes a short bio, and the entire text of three of her books "(Little Men", "Little Women" and "Jo's Boys") and seventeen of her short stories.
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."
"Louisa May Alcott" is a television documentary that is still in production. The companion website, however, is finished and fabulous.
The Orchard House is the historic Alcott home in Concord, MA where Louisa May Alcott wrote "Little Women."
'Little Women' is a coming of age story of four sisters in Civil War New England.
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