Judy Blume — American Author born on February 12, 1938,

Judy Blume is an American writer. Her novels for children and young adults have exceeded sales of 80 million and have been translated into 32 languages. In 1996, she won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her contribution to writing for teens... (wikipedia)

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
I wanted to write what I remembered to be true.
The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.
A good writer is always a people watcher.