About Quote by Willa Holland

“At their core, Tiger Eyes, Forever..., and Sally J. Freeman are all books about teenage issues, but to an adult reader, the parents' story…

— Jennifer O'Connell

Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters that were believable because they…

— Jeff Kinney

Judy Blume especially sort of broke the boundaries of what is appropriate and what should be written about - what teenagers are actually doing.

— Sara Shepard

“I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: hours spent in airless classrooms, days home sick from school reading…

— Audrey Niffenegger

As a kid, during the school year, my head was often buried in a textbook or Judy Blume book; the words and pictures were…

— Marlee Matlin

I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too.

— S. E. Hinton

There's this book that I love called 'Eleanor & Park.' It's an incredible story about these two misfit kids who fall in love. I've…

— Shannon Purser

“Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads.

— Sherman Alexie

I used the second year of my MFA program to write a young adult novel and began pursuing picture books as well. I loved…

— Rebecca Serle

Hey, don't knock Judy Blume. Without her, my younger self would never have been able to decode the random acts of madness perpetrated by…

— Ken Marino

'Sag Harbor' brought me a new readership - it's a coming of age tale about growing up in the '80s.

— Matthew Desmond

That's the feeling [of relativity] I always had about [Judy Blume] books which I re-read and re-read and re-read.

— Lena Dunham