Judy Blume

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Judy Blume: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: BBC - Are you there Judy Blume? The ultimate teen writer.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 31, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Guardian - Judy Blume: 'I thought, this is America: we don't ban books. But then we did'.	Yamini Chauhan	Nov 07, 2024
	Added a cross-reference.	René Ostberg	Sep 30, 2024
	Add new Web site: NPR - Judy Blume was banned from the beginning, but says 'It never stopped me from writing'.	Yamini Chauhan	Aug 06, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 06, 2024
	Mentioned her lifetime achievement award from the National Book Critics Circle.	René Ostberg	Mar 28, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 08, 2024
	Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Judy Blume.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 25, 2023
	Updated with cross-reference.	Tracy Grant	Apr 25, 2023
	Add new Web site: Official Site of Judy Blume.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 17, 2023
	Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Judy Blume.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 25, 2021
	Add new Web site: KidsReads - Judy Blume.	Aakanksha Gaur	Mar 04, 2020
	Noted the publication of In the Unlikely Event.	Richard Pallardy	Jun 02, 2015
	Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Biography of Judy Blume.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 29, 2013
	Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Judy Blume.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 29, 2013
	Add new Web site: Children's Literature Network - Biography of Judy Blume.	Surabhi Sinha	Aug 02, 2013
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Sep 20, 2012
	Added photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 16, 2012
	New article added.	Rachel Cole	Jun 12, 2012