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I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
Book
Writing
Honest
Books
Write
Didn
Kids
Wanted

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