Judy blume grew up in elizabeth, new jersy. judy blume is a very talented author and has written may of books for both adults and children. she has written more children's books but all of her adult books are new york times best sellers. more then 85 million copies of her books have been sold and each book has been translated into 32 different languages. Judy went to new york university and received a b.s. in education. now judy lives on islands up and down the east coast with her husband george. she has three grown up children and 1 grandchild.