Julie Strauss-Gabel | |
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Born | 1972 (age 50–51) [1] |
Alma mater | Amherst College [1] Harvard Graduate School of Education [1] |
Known for | edited numerous NYT Bestsellers [2] |
Notable work | Will Grayson, Will Grayson (editor) [3] The Fault in Our Stars (editor) [4] |
Spouse | David Feldman [5] |
Julie Ellyn Strauss-Gabel (born 1972) is an American publisher and editor of books for young adults who is notable for getting numerous titles on The New York Times Best Seller list . [2]
Strauss-Gabel grew up in White Plains, New York, the daughter of a forensic photographer and a teacher of home economics. [5] She attended Amherst College where she edited the college newspaper, The Amherst Student, and met her future husband. [5] She graduated cum laude from Amherst, then graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. [5]
Strauss-Gabel was associate editor at Clarion Books [5] and was later an editor at Hyperion Books for five years. She is editor and publisher at Dutton Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group. [6] [7] [8] In one week in April 2015, novels that she edited occupied five of the top ten spots. [2] According to one count, she has edited 22 books which were New York Times Bestsellers. [2] She edited numerous titles such as Will Grayson, Will Grayson , a story of two young men sharing the same name but who had different sexual orientations. [3] Her books have won numerous book awards, including the Printz, two Edgars, a Boston Globe-Horn, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. [1] She has been described as having a knack for spotting talent and nourishing writers. [2] She was instrumental in helping novelist John Green create the blockbuster book The Fault in Our Stars , a story about the inconvenience of teenage love in the face of tragedy. [4]
Strauss-Gabel married David Feldman, a writer and puppeteer for children's television, in 2000. [5]
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