Since then, more than 100 of her books have been winners of various awards. That same year, it won the Newbery Medal, awarded annually by the American Library Association to the best book for young people. It was published by Simon & Schuster in 1962. After teaching history and literature for a year, she moved to California, where she worked as an editorial assistant and wrote her first novel, _These Happy Golden Years_. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from New York University. She was born in 1938 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and grew up there. Judy Blume, formerly known as Judith Sussman, is a best-selling novelist for children, teenagers, and adults. When you're gone there's nothing left but memories I'm sitting here thinking of things to say A music video was made for the song, featuring both Stills and Collins singing along to the song on-screen. The song became her first top 10 hit in the United States. He also said that it was inspired by Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road.Ĭollins recorded the song later that year for its release as a single on the soundtrack to the film Hot Blooded. Stills has said that he wrote the song after learning that Collins had broken up with another boyfriend. The song was written during a difficult time in Stills' life when he was going through an alcohol addiction that led to him being fired from his job as a road manager for David Crosby's band. The title 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' (a play on words for 'Sweet Judy Blue Eyes') relates to Stephen Stills' ex-girlfriend, singer/songwriter Judy Collins, and the lyrics to the majority of the suite's parts are about her and their impending split.

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