Judy Blume

Judy Blume is one of the popular authors from America who likes to write her books based on the young adult, and children’s fiction genres. She is particularly well known for her works including Margaret, Blubber, It’s Me, Deenie, etc. The books written by author Blume have been labeled as talismans by The New Yorker, that further states that they marked the passage of a significant female population of America from childhood to adolescence. Her debut book was published in the year 1969. She is considered to be among the initial few authors who wrote the young adult books with topics that are still considered to be taboo by some people. About that, she says that she always wanted to be honest with her writings. She even says that none of the adults were honest with her and therefore, she did not have the right information that she should have at the time of writing those novels. Author Blume is often praised by her readers for being frank and the way she addresses their anxieties and fear of teen sex, masturbation, birth control, menstruation, and death. There are a number of detractors in the literary world who wish to ban several books written by her. In fact, author Blume has been named among the most frequently challenged writers of the 21st century by The Library Association of America.