Julie Berry
American author
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Julie Berry (born September 3, 1974)[1][2] is an American author of children's and young adults books and winner of several national book awards.
Julie Berry | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 3, 1974 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (BS) Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA) |
| Genres | |
| Notable works | All the Truth That's in Me (2014) Lovely War (2019) |
| Notable awards | Inky Award (2014) Whitney Award (2019) Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award (2020) Golden Kite Award (2020) |
| Spouse |
Phil Berry (m. 1995) |
Biography
Julie Gardner Berry grew up on a farm in rural Medina, New York, as the youngest of seven children in a Mormon family.[3][4] 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.[5][6] Berry met her husband, actor Phil Berry at RPI. They married in 1995. They have four sons together.[5] The family lived for many years in Maynard, Massachusetts, west of Boston, before moving to Temple City, California.[7][8] During the early years of her writing career Berry also worked as marketing director with the family business, a data collection software company.[6] While living in Maynard, Berry was a columnist for the MetroWest Daily News.[6]
Julie and her family moved back to Medina, New York, in 2021. She purchased the independent bookstore, The Book Shoppe, which she renovated and renamed the Author's Note.[9]
Awards and honors
Seven of Berry's books are Junior Library Guild selections: All the Truth That's In Me (2014),[10] The Passion of Dolssa (2017),[11][12] The Emperor’s Ostrich (2017),[13] Lovely War (2019),[14][15] and Wishes and Wellingtons (2020).[16]
All the Truth That's in Me was named one of the best books of the year by The Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal.[10]
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place was named one of the best children's books of 2014 by the Wall Street Journal.[5]
The Passion of Dolssa was a New York Times Notable Title.
Lovely War was a New York Times bestseller[17] and was named one of the best books of 2019 by The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,[18] The Horn Book,[19] Kirkus Reviews,[20] Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal,[12] Shelf Awareness,[21] and the Wall Street Journal.[22] It was also a New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2016.[12]
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) Viking/Penguin Group, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0142427309
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place (2014) Roaring Brook Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-1596439566
- The Passion of Dolssa (2017) Penguin Books, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0451469922
- The Emperor’s Ostrich (2017) Roaring Brook Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-1596439580
- Wishes and Wellingtons (2018) Audible Originals, LLC, an AMAZON company. (audiobook)
- Lovely War (2019) Viking Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0451469939
- Crime and Carpetbags (2021) Sourcebooks Young Readers. ISBN 978-1728231495
- Cranky Right Now (2021) Sounds True. ISBN 978-1683646648
