Welcome to Judy Blume's Key West

February 2022

You can build an entire vacation around a bookstore like hers.

“I was never drawn to Key West. It’s always struck me as a place to enjoy margarita-fueled nightlife or relax by a pool, two things I’m bad at doing, even when it’s not a pandemic. But I was desperate to visit the bookstore cofounded by Judy Blume, which happens to be in Key West. I’d heard her store — Books & Books @ The Studios of Key West — was delightful, and that sometimes Blume herself could be seen working the floor, hand-selling books to starstruck patrons.”

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