Julie Berry

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Julie Berry
Born (1974-09-03) September 3, 1974 (age 49)
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

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  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)
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  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.
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