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Title: Judy Blume: National Book Festival 09
Speaker: Judy Blume
Series: 2009 National Book Festival
Date: September 15, 2009
Running Time: 25:22 minutes
Description:
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Judy Blume, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival on September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Biography:
Judy Blume has sold more than 80 million copies of such young-adult best-sellers as Blubber: Just as Long as We’re Together and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret as well as the adult titles Summer Sisters, Smart Women and Wifey. Her books have been translated into 31 languages, and she has won numerous awards for her writing, such as the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Library Association and the Living Legends award from the Library of Congress. Blume is the founder and trustee of The Kids Fund, a charitable and educational foundation. Her newest book is Friend or Fiend? With the Pain & the Great One (2009). She lives on islands along the East Coast.
About the 2009 National Book Festival
The 2009 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.