Judy Blume

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FILE - In this May 31, 2015, photo, author Judy Blume speaks about her new book, "In the Unlikely Event," her first novel for adults in 17 years, at BookCon in New York. Blume will receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which is also honoring Elizabeth Kolbert, Paul Beatty more than a dozen other writers. Blume is being given the E. B. White Award, a $10,000 for young people’s literature, the academy told The Associated Press on Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)