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Judy Blume was born on February 12th, 1938 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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Judy Blume graduated from Battin High School
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She attended Boston University after high school. In the first semester, she was diagnosed with mononucleosis and took a brief leave from college.
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Blume met her first husband, John Blume, during her time at NYU. John Blume was an attorney. They were married in 1959.
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After having mononucleosis, Blume returned to college in 1961 and attended New York University. She graduated with a teaching degree.
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Judy Blume had her first daughter, Randy, in 1961
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Judy Blume had her son, Lawrence, in 1963
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Blume’s first children’s novel was in 1969; The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo.
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Judy Blume's next book, "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" brought huge success. The novel describes eleven-year-old Margaret's worries and fears about adolescence and having to choose her own religion.
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Blume was diagnosed with cancer, but it was successfully removed.
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Blume won The National Book Foundation's Medal For
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Blume was diagnosed with cancer for a second time in 2014.
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Blume currently lives in New York City and Key West, Florida with her third husband, George Cooper. Blume also works as an advocate against book censorship, speaking to crowds around the world stressing how important it is not to censor books and destroy the messages of the authors.
