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I've heard that some authors do dream their books and I would love that if it happened to me, but so far it hasn't. Sometimes I'll get a good idea during the night and if I don't write it down, I won't remember it the next morning.

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
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