Amy Ignatow

Her first book, The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang, was published by Amulet Books in spring 2010. Positive reviews of the book appeared in The New York Times,^[5] School Library Journal,^[6] and other publications and review web sites, such as KidLiterate.^[7] The sequels were similarly well-reviewed,^[8] and became a seven-book series about middle schoolers Julie and Lydia.

Ignatow has since written several additional children's books.^[9]

According to her author biography, Ignatow has worked as a teacher, a farmer, a florist, a short-order vegan cook, a ghostwriter for Internet personal ads, a telefundraiser, a wedding singer, and an air-brush face and body painter.^[4]

1. Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (April 2010)
2. The Long-Distance Dispatch Between Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (March 2011)
3. Words of (Questionable) Wisdom from Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (October 2011)
4. The Rocky Road Trip of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (April 2012)
5. The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (March 2013)
6. Love and Other Fiascos with Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (October 2013)
7. The Less-Than-Hidden Secrets and Final Revelations of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (September 2014)

1. The Mighty Odds (September 2016)
2. Against the Odds (September 2017)
3. Odds & Ends (September 2018)

1. Jedi Academy: Revenge of the Sis (March 2019)
2. Jedi Academy: Attack of the Furball (September 2019)
3. Jedi Academy: At Last, Jedi (April 2020)

1. The Cutest Thing Ever (September 2019)
2. Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music (October 2022)