Courtney Summers

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Courtney Summers
Born1986 (age 37–38) [1]
Belleville, Ontario
OccupationNovelist
Nationality Canadian
Period2009 – present
Genre Young adult, Fiction
Website
courtneysummers.ca

Courtney Summers (born 1986 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) [2] is a Canadian writer of young adult fiction. Her most famous known works are Cracked Up to Be, This is Not a Test,All the Rage, [3] and Sadie.

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Career

Her first novel, Cracked Up to Be, was published in December 2008 [4] and was the 2009 Cybils Award Winner for YA Fiction. [5] Her sophomore novel, Some Girls Are, was published in January 2010, [6] and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews , [7] Publishers Weekly , [8] School Library Journal [9] and was a 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards nominee in the YA Fiction category. [10] Both novels were repackaged as a 2-in-1 edition titled What Goes Around in September 2013. [11]

Her third novel, Fall for Anything, was published in December 2010 [12] and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews [13] and Booklist . [14]

This is Not a Test was published June 2012 [15] and was set during the zombie apocalypse. Prior to its release, all of Summers' novels were contemporary and realistic. This is Not a Test received a starred review from Publishers Weekly [16] and was optioned for television by Sony. [17] Summers announced that a script was currently in development in April 2015. [18] In January 2015, Summers released an e-novella sequel to This is Not a Test,Please Remain Calm. [19]

Summers' fifth novel, All the Rage, was her hardcover debut and published in April 2015. [20] It was chosen as the sixth official selection of Tumblr's Reblog Book Club [21] and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, [22] Publishers Weekly [23] and School Library Journal. [24] It was also named a Spring 2015 Junior Library Guild Selection. [25]

On April 14, 2015, to mark the release of All the Rage, Summers launched the hashtag campaign #ToTheGirls, [26] encouraging people to send messages of support and positivity to girls across social media. #ToTheGirls trended worldwide on Twitter. [27] Notable press coverage included The Today Show [28] and it was named one of the most important feminist hashtags of 2015 by Mic News. [29]

Her novel Sadie tells the story of a teenager named Sadie Hunter whose little sister Mattie was murdered. Sadie seeks revenge against the man she believes killed Mattie. The book was released on September 4, 2018, [30] and is told from two perspectives: some chapters offering Sadie's point of view and some chapters being styled as transcripts from a podcast called "The Girls" hosted by a man named West McCray. The release of the book was accompanied by the release of a mock true-crime podcast titled The Girls: Find Sadie which is available on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. [31] Sadie became a New York Times bestseller [32] on September 29, 2018, and has been awarded the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult literature from the Mystery Writers of America. [33] [34] Sadie also won the 2019 Odyssey Award from the American Library Association [35] and was a Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Book of the Year in 2019. [36]

Summers has also contributed short stories to the anthologies Defy the Dark and Violent Ends. [37]

Works

Books

Short stories

Essays

Awards and nominations

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef
2009Cracked Up to Be Cybils Award Young Adult FictionWon [5]
OLA Forest of Reading AwardsWhite Pine Award (YA Fiction)Nominated [38]
2010Some Girls AreWhite Pine Award (YA Fiction)Nominated (Honor) [38]
Goodreads Choice Award Young Adult FictionNominated [10]
2014This is Not a TestOLA Forest of Reading AwardsWhite Pine Award (Fiction)Nominated (Honor) [38]
2019Sadie Audie Award Audio Book (Young Adult)Won [39]
Cybils Award Young Adult FictionWon [40]
Odyssey Award Audio Book (Children or Young Adult)Won [41]
Edgar Award Young Adult NovelWon [42]
2020 White Pine Award FictionWon [43]

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