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[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.

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
Everything
Writing
Life
Opened
Totally
Gave
Changed

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