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Julie Chibbaro | |
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| Born | New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse | JM Superville Sovak |
| Website | https://www.juliechibbaro.com/ |
Julie Chibbaro is an American historical novelist.
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Julie Chibbaro | |
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| Born | New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse | JM Superville Sovak |
| Website | https://www.juliechibbaro.com/ |
Julie Chibbaro is an American historical novelist.
Chibbaro has written for The Prague Post , The Montreal Gazette, The Poughkeepsie Journal, Hudson Valley Magazine, NY States of Mind, Books of Canada, Sundance TV, and Tuttle Publishing. She works as a staff editor at The Hastings Center.
Chibbaro studied writing at The New School with Gordon Lish. She received scholarships to study with Clark Blaise at the Prague Writers Workshop, and with Janet Fitch and Amy Tan at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. At the New York Writers Institute, she took a Master class with Marilynne Robinson and Ann Beattie.
Chibbaro's books include Into the Dangerous World (2015), a novel about a girl artist on the NY streets in 1984, Deadly (2011) a medical mystery about the hunt for Typhoid Mary in 1906, and Redemption (2004) a historical novel about a girl's unintended trip to the New World in 1524. Into the Dangerous World and Deadly are both illustrated by her husband, JM Superville Sovak. [4]
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