Mark Oppenheimer - Judy Blume: A Life

Lovers of Judy Blume will not want to miss this event with Mark Oppenheimer, a seasoned journalist and lifelong Blume fan. Oppenheimer will be in Southern Pines on March 12th, just two days after the release of his highly-anticipated biography, Judy Blume: A Life.

Your ticket options include:

$5 ticket for the presentation

$35 ticket for the presentation and autographed copy of Judy Blume: A Life

About the Book

To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics--including Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great; Forever...; and Summer Sisters--touched the lives of tens of millions of adults and children. For fifty-five years her work has done something revolutionary: rewired the world's expectation of what literature for young people can be--frank, candid, earthy, and unafraid to show the messier sides of humanity. But too little has been known about the real woman behind the iconic persona, and the unlikely journey of her literary ascension, until now.

In Judy Blume, journalist, historian, and longtime Blume aficionado Mark Oppenheimer pens a beautiful, multidimensional portrait of the acclaimed author through extensive interviews with Blume herself, invaluable access to her papers and correspondence, and thoughtful analysis of Blume's beloved novels, including early, unpublished works that shed light on the pathbreaking writer she would become.

About the Author

Mary Oppenheimer is the author of four critically acclaimed books, including Squirrel Hill, Wisenheimer, and Thirteen and a Day. He has taught at NYU, Stanford, Yale, and Washington University in St Louis, where he is a Professor of Practice. Mark lives with his family in New Haven Connecticut.