Julie Berry

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Julie Berry
Born (1974-09-03) September 3, 1974 (age 51)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
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
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(m. 1995)​

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.

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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]

Awards for Berry's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2014 All the Truth That’s in Me American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults Top 10 [23] [24]
Carnegie Medal Shortlist [25]
Edgar Award for Best Young AdultFinalist [26]
Inky Award for Silver InkyWinner [27]
2014The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place Whitney Award for Best Youth FictionWinner [28] [29]
2015 American Library Association Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [30]
Odyssey Award Honor [31]
2017The Passion of Dolssa American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults Top 10 [32] [33]
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for YouthSelection [34]
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult LiteratureHonor [35]
Michael L. Printz Award Honor [36] [37]
2019 Lovely War Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth AudioSelection [38]
Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult FictionNominee [39]
Outstanding Books for the College BoundSelection [40]
Whitney Award Winner [41]
2020 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winner [42]
American Library Association Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [43]
American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten [44] [45]
Audie Award for Young AdultFinalist [46]
Golden Kite Award for Young Adult FictionWinner [47] [48]
Young Adult Library Services Association Teens ChoicesTop 10 [49] [50]

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Julie Berry".
  2. ↑ "Julie Berry," OCLC World Cat Fiction Finder
  3. ↑ Faith and good works: Mormon writers find their niche in wholesome young adult genre Michael Paulson, The Boston Globe (2009)
  4. ↑ Julie Berry Mormon Artist (2014)
  5. 1 2 3 Julie Berry Books
  6. 1 2 3 Julie Berry, A Young Mother of Boys Finds Happiness Writing For Teen Girls Meridian Magazine (2009)
  7. ↑ Author Julie Berry, formerly of Maynard, to visit Fowler School The Beacon-Villager, October 9, 2017
  8. ↑ Swan, Jennifer Hubert (November 8, 2013). "Without a Voice". New York Times. New york. p. BR41.
  9. ↑ Green |, Alex. "For Julie Berry, A Homecoming and a Bookstore of Her Own". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  10. 1 2 "All the Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  11. ↑ "The Passion of Dolssa (Audiobook) by Julie Berry". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  12. 1 2 3 "The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  13. ↑ "The Emperor's Ostrich by Julie Berry". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  14. ↑ "Lovely War by Julie Berry". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  15. ↑ "Lovely War (Audiobook) by Julie Berry". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  16. ↑ "Wishes and Wellingtons by Julie Berry". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  17. ↑ "Lovely War by Julie Berry". Penguin Randomhouse. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  18. ↑ Stevenson, Deborah (January 2020). "2019 Blue Ribbons". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  19. ↑ Sutton, Roger (2019-11-19). "Fanfare 2019 Booklist". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  20. ↑ "Best YA Romance of 2019". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  21. ↑ "Shelf Awareness's Best Children's & Teen Books of 2019". Shelf Awareness . 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  22. ↑ Gurdon, Meghan Cox (2019-12-13). "The Best Children's Books of 2019". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  23. ↑ "2014 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  24. ↑ Finneke, Jaclyn (2014-02-04). "YALSA names 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults". American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  25. ↑ "Awards: Guggenheim-Lehrman; Carnegie/Kate Greenaway". Shelf Awareness . 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  26. ↑ "Search the Edgars Database! | Edgar® Awards Info & Database". Edgar Awards . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  27. ↑ "The Inky Awards". Inside A Dog. Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  28. ↑ Rappleye, Christine (2016-02-20). "Whitney Award finalists for 2015 announced". Deseret News. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  29. ↑ Rappleye, Christine (2015-05-23). "And the winners of the 2014 Whitney Awards are ..." Deseret News. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  30. ↑ 2015-03-15 . Retrieved 2022-09-06– via Booklist.
  31. ↑ "2015 Odyssey Winner and Honor Recordings". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  32. ↑ "2017 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  33. ↑ Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2017. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2022-09-06– via Booklist.
  34. ↑ Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2016. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2022-09-06– via Booklist.
  35. ↑ Schaub, Michael (2017-02-22). "L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Zadie Smith and Rep. John Lewis; Thomas McGuane will be honored". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  36. ↑ "Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  37. ↑ "'March: Book Three' wins 2017 Printz Award". American Library Association . 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  38. ↑ Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio, 2019. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-09-18– via Booklist.
  39. ↑ "Lovely War". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  40. ↑ "2019 OBCB History and Cultures". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  41. ↑ "Past Winners". The Whitney Awards. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  42. ↑ "Walden Award". ALAN Online. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  43. ↑ "2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  44. ↑ "2020 Top Ten Best Fiction". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  45. ↑ Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2020. 2020-03-15. Retrieved 2022-09-06– via Booklist.
  46. ↑ "2020 Audie Awards". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  47. ↑ Diefenbach, Mallory (2021-10-20). "Medina author wins Golden Kite award". The Daily News. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  48. ↑ "Awards: Golden Kite Winners". Shelf Awareness . 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  49. ↑ "2020 Teens' Top Ten" (PDF). Young Adult Library Services Association. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  50. ↑ Lam, Anna (2020-10-22). "2020 YALSA Teens' Top Ten titles announced". American Library Association . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
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