Julie Berry (author)
Julie Berry (born 1974) is an author of children's and young adults books and winner of several national book awards.
Biography
Julie Gardner Berry grew up on a farm in rural Medina, New York as the youngest of seven children in a Mormon family.[1][2] She received a B.S. in communications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York in 1995 and later earned an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2008.[3][4] Berry met her husband at RPI. They have four sons together.[3] The family lived for many years in Maynard, Massachusetts, west of Boston, before moving to Pasadena, California.[5][6] During the early years of her writing career Berry also worked as marketing director with the family business, a data collection software company.[4] While living in Maynard, Berry was a columnist for the MetroWest Daily News.[4]
Awards
- All the Truth That’s In Me, 2013 Horn Book Fanfare title, a School Library Journal Best of 2013 book, and a Kirkus Best Teen Read for 2013, a Junior Library Guild Selection, nominated for a Carnegie Medal and a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults award.[3]
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place, won an Odyssey Honor from the American Library Association, and was named a Best Children’s Book of 2014 by the Wall Street Journal, and was named to the Dorothy Canfield Fisher list.[3]
- The Passion of Dolssa, won a 2017 Printz Honor from the American Library Association, was a New York Times Notable title, was nominated for the Los Angeles Book Prize and earned a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten award.[3]
Books
- The Amaranth Enchantment (2009)
- Secondhand Charm (2010)
- Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Rat Brain Fiasco (2010) with Sally Gardner
- Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: Curse of the Bizarro Beetle (2010) with Sally Gardner
- Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Colossal Fossil Freakout (2011) with Sally Gardner
- Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Trouble with Squids (2011) with Sally Gardner
- All the Truth That’s In Me (2013)
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place (2014)
- The Passion of Dolssa (2017)
- The Emperor’s Ostrich (2017)
References
- ↑ Faith and good works: Mormon writers find their niche in wholesome young adult genre Michael Paulson, The Boston Globe (2009)
- ↑ Julie Berry Mormon Artist (2014)
- 1 2 3 4 5 Julie Berry Books
- 1 2 3 Julie Berry, A Young Mother of Boys Finds Happiness Writing For Teen Girls Meridian Magazine (2009)
- ↑ Author Julie Berry, formerly of Maynard, to visit Fowler School The Beacon-Villager, October 9, 2017
- ↑ Swan, Jennifer Hubert (November 8, 2013). "Without a Voice". New York Times. New york. p. BR41.
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