And then in the next line, she said, “My mentor is James L. She wrote and directed a movie that I had seen, which had the same spirit I would’ve hoped for for Margaret. You did that movie?” No one had ever come to me before with that kind of credential. “And oh, by the way, I wrote and directed an indie movie called The Edge of Seventeen.” And I’m like, “What?! I love that movie. What did it was her incredible credential, which she dropped at the bottom of the letter. So I didn’t do it.Īn email from Kelly Fremon Craig, who is a very persuasive writer. I was so afraid of that, that I didn’t want to ruin it for the readers. I thought that it wouldn’t work because of the cutesy factor with young Hollywood actors. Judy Blume: As much as I would’ve loved to have something of mine made into a movie, I just felt afraid to do Margaret. Of all of your books, why was Margaret specifically something you felt so protective of? But you’ve always said that it was off the table, hands down, and not to be considered. Glamour : Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is 53 years old, and you’ve had no shortage of Hollywood folks coming to you for the rights. “I was a very new, young writer and was naive in a lot of ways, but Margaret just came from deep inside of me.” The two founded Key West’s independent bookstore, Books & Books, and can often be found there offering recommendations to shoppers. “Are you kidding? I didn’t even know if it would be published!” she says over Zoom from her home in Key West, Florida, where she lives with her husband of 35 years, George Cooper. When I ask if Blume could’ve ever guessed the 160-page novel, with chants like “We must! We must! We must increase our bust!,” would have such staying power, she laughs.
And while IMDB shows that a few of her books have been adapted for TV and film, nothing has felt large, buzzy, substantive-or, quite frankly, worthy of Blume’s words-enough until now. After decades of vehemently turning down every big offer that came her way to adapt Margaret for the big screen, the time has finally come: 53 years after its initial publication, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, will be released in theaters this Friday.
With the massive success of book-to-film adaptations like Harry Potter, Twilight, and Fifty Shades of Grey, you’d think Blume’s fandom and body of work would have contributed to a full Netflix page just for her.
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