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.

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

References

External links

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• Julie Berry at Library of Congress, with 19 library catalog records
• Lexi Connor at LC Authorities (no catalog records) and at WorldCat
• Julie Berry at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database