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Aging — beloved YA author Judy Blume's inevitable foil — isn't so bad after all

Judy Blume speaks during Q&A and reception with Judy Blume celebrating Prime Video's "Judy Blume Forever" at Annabelle's Book Club LA on April 17, 2023, in Studio City, California.

Are you there, time? It's her, Judy Blume. And the cherished author has no problem with you.

The writer of the 1970 coming-of-age novel "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" is now 85 and has officially entered her Hollywood era.

If it feels as if is everywhere these days, it's because she pretty much is. And rightfully so, thanks to the adaptation of her revered novel about the transition from girlhood to adolescence opening in and a number of other productions in the works.

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