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I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.

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
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