The book does not yet have a title, but it is set to be based on "a series of tragedies in the town I lived in when I was growing up, and the terrible time it was for the adults and the children, although the adults never talked to the children about it," as Blume told The Guardian.

It will see her reunite with Carol Baron, the editor of her last novel for adults, Summer Sisters, which was published all the way back in 1998.

Baron said in a statement “It’s pure Judy Blume, writing about family and about friendships, about love, about betrayal. It’s quintessential Judy."

Blume tweeted that she will spend this summer on the "best part of writing".

Judy Blume is writing a new novel for adults